How to include Flash/SWF files intro PowerPoint presentations.

I was working the other days for a presentation about a Fluorescent Lamps… for my presentation I found this very nice Flash animation on howstuffworks that I wanted to include intro my PowerPoint Presentation (http://static.howstuffworks.com/flash/fluorescent-lamp-rapid.swf).

Therefore, I’ve downloaded the .swf file to my hard drive and started to drag and drop, insert file and so on but nothing worked as I expected. Therefore, to include a swf file in your presentation you have to: Read More

The local device name is already in use. This connection has not been started.

I am usually using network drives to share files and data with my work colleagues. Unfortunately, this days I ran into a error for one of my network drive:

An error occurred while reconnecting to [drive letter]: to

[network drive address]

Microsoft Windows Network: The local device name is already in use.

This connection has not been restored.

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