When I am on the internet and want to watch a video, I get an interent explorer error message and the sreen freezes. When I close the error, I lose my internet. Any ideas what may cause this?

Welcome to the forum beavis! :mrgreen:

What type of video? Flash, AVI etc? And does it have a log or something it generates that you can post here?

I'm not sure what type of file they are. I used to be able to watch them, but all of a sudden, I can't anymore. I go to ebaum and other sites that have funny clips of **** near anything.

it says:

Error Signature
AppName: iexplorer.exe
AppVer: 6.0.2900.2180
Mod Name: wininet.dll
ModVer: 6.09.2900.2688
Offset: 0007926b

Does that help????
Thanks!!!

EW uses WMP AFAIK. Does it work with any other browser suchas Firefox or Opera?

not to sound stupid...but, I have no clue what you just typed!!!!

I watch the video's with Realplayer, Media Player, etc.

I ran firefox and still got an error. here's what it said:

Illegal Operation In Plugin:

Window Media Player Plug-in Dynamic Link Library
The plugin performed an illegal operation. You are strongly advised to restart Navigator

There is a whole page of help on the Microsoft site to do with wininet.dll problems beavis
http://support.microsoft.com/search/...lobal&x=10&y=8
Internet Explorer is a internet 'browser' (a piece of software that allows you to browse the internet). Firefox and Opera are browser's as well. The difference is that Firefox and Opera are both more secure than Internet Explorer. You can also use a different media player. vlc media player is free and it plays virtually any media file

Thanks for everyone's help!!!

Have you checked on the Microsoft site for any available updates recently beavis?
I am finding a lot of these errors reported when people haven't got all the updates for Internet Explorer.
Also, try clicking on start, then Run, and type sfc /scannow (note the space after sfc). This will launch the system file checker and windows will try to fix any files that are damaged.