Every single time I try to view a video that is either intergrated onto a web-page or isnt downloaded onto my computer ( DVD's work fine though) my computer completely freezes with me only enabled to control the movement of the cursor . I think its a problem with Windows Media player as the only videos that do this are using windows. Quicktime aswell. Anything else works fine. Ive tried updating to the latest version of Windows Media player, but to no avail. Please help, any information would be great. Thanks.

Is this a new problem? Were things working OK previously? Any new hardware and or software?

If this is a new problem try a System Restore to a point prior to the problem:

start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > System Restore


Also: look in your Event viewer: rt. click My Computer then click Manage then Event Viewer.
Or: Administrative Tools/Event Viewer or Start/Run/ eventvwr
Open the system as well as the application tabs & look for X errors. Click error line for details.
Post back the source & event id & Description especially of errors that seem to coincide with this issue.
Also check the Information lines that might coincide with this issue.

How to view and manage event logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP