Vista is not the issue here, but glad you mentioned it. Sometimes that does play a factor.
Power Video Cutter. You said these file generators also produce some html code. I do not get any html with my swf file.
I have not used that software but I can tell you that SHOULD produce some code for you. As I mentioned earlier, some of the software creates a FULL HTML page while others just give you the embed code and tell you to copy it. Different route to get there, but same destination.
Check for a PREVIEW, EXPORT, or VIEW/TEST in browser option in the software.
One of these will generate a plain white page with your flash on it. Sometimes this is actually shown in the internet explorer browser window. If you right click on the plain white part of the page (not on your playing flash) you can VIEW SOURCE and see that lovely HTML coding that your software made for you.
Copy it and we can use it in CSB.
(Let me know if you can't find it....)
When you use test page code, often it must be adjusted to point to the right place on your website.
ex: src="C:\Documents and Settings\Sam\MyDocs\Samples\myflashfile.swf"
and you would change it to something like this instead:
src="myflashfile.swf"
Since the program that generates the swf is on your own computer, some software will provide that code that points to your own computer. If you don't adjust it, WILL not load the flash file on the server because it will not find the file!
With the size of your flash file, I WOULD recommend that you manually upload your swf file to your website using FTP or file manager at the host control panel (if you have one). Then use CSB to pull that file in (skip step 2, web components and send the file to the host yourself!). This will keep your CSB file smaller and less likely to have corruptions. If you have already put the file into a web component, REMOVE IT and then FILE SAVE AS to compact the file again.
RECAP STEPS for YOUR situation:
1) code in the insert html white box (make sure it points to your file).
2) upload the file (Some people can use CSB, but in YOUR case I would MANUALLY upload)
3) placeholder image (take a screen shot of the flash and use that one image of the exact same size as your placeholder).
Publish.
Having said all that, if you are just converting the file from another format to flash, your program MAY NOT create code for you. IT SHOULD. It serves a couple purposes:
1) tells the browser the size of the file
2) tells the browser where to find the file
3) tells the browser which version of flash was used to create the file.
If you do not have code made by YOUR generator, you can:
1) modify someone else's code (if compatible).
2) use CSB 5's internal FLASH utility (don't know if it works on Vista).
You can read about this option here. (Was not a favorite feature because I found bugs that never got resolved but still might help YOU).
Let us know how it goes.
(We support other software too, not just CSB

but CSB is still my favorite old comfortable shoe!)