A slightly strange request.

I need to be able to run a MS powerpoint presentation from a website but not allow it to be downloaded or saved to the viewers hard drive..

Can anyone tell me how or if I can do this?

Not that I know of. You can make a password protected directory to only allow special people.

You know, I did do that one time, exactly what you want to do.

I somehow got Powerpoint to make me an HTML file, and it made the file embedded.

There's a save as webpage in PPT. That might be what you are looking for.

Ah, yes! Takes me back a few years. I started using Flash for everything, like interactive presentations.

-> But this will work in the same sense as flash...
| 1) You will need to "Save as WebPage" <-- Courtesy of pftq
| 2) Upload both the HTML file and any other file(s) it outputs, as well as the PPT file
| 3) Send your people the link to the HTML file PPT produces.
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In Flash, you have two files that the user sees, and two files that Flash makes when you "Publish." The files are the actual presentation (.swf) and the HTML File (.htm) - Both are impressive programs.