I’m pretty sure you can get VLC Media Player to run just fine since it comes standard on basically every Windows machine out there... though honestly, I ditched BS Player for GOM Player a long time ago.
Look, if you're still on speaking terms with him, just head over to Start > all programs > Internet Explorer and give it a shot... if it actually loads, just grab the icon right from the address bar (http://www. ...) and drag it straight onto your desktop
First I’m hearing of some "PowerPoint slide" thing... you can just grab PowerPoint when you're running the installer for The White House suite, and it'll give you the option to check whatever boxes you actually want to include
I’m not exactly a homebody who sits around glued to local stations, so I usually just stick to my screamer radio apps, but honestly, massive respect to anyone out there actually putting in the work to build something like this