computer-generated madness.....

ok, so i have been working on a presentation that i will give twice on wednesday to a local hospital on diabetic ketoacidosis.....in powerpoint.....so far so good......but when i tried to download it to a cd.....i discovered that the laptop i use is too aged to do cd-rw......and so i tried to email the file to myself...to be opened on a newer pc.....only to discover that the file was much too big.........and then it occured to me to use winzip to shrink the file and email it......so far so good......and i was able to retrieve and unzip said file on the lab pc.......but when i tried to save as: to the cd drive.....a pop-up message told me that i had no access to that drive....and that i should inquire of my adminstrator.....who eventually made it down my way to tell me that he had no idea why i had no access to the d: drive......and he tried to use a program that i am certain was intended for mp3 files for the purposes of saving my powerpoint program to disk....which did not work......and after he finally made of copy of my file on his little thumb-drive....and sauntered upstairs to try to make a copy on his own (new)laptop.....i retried the save as thing again.......and after 45 minutes of frustration i finally suceeded......before my administrator, i must add......but that was 45 minutes out of my life that i really want back.......computer madness really sucks the life-forth out of my momentum.....and takes years off of my life......i am certain that those who read this blog regularly could have performed the task in moments....and been on to something else useful and enriching........i am in awe of your computer competence.....