help please media player crashing

hi i hope someone can help me i am having problems with media player in that
every time i try and open a streaming file media player crashes and i get
the following message
"Windows Media Player has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are
sorry for the inconvenience."
i have tried every thing i can think of but i am stumped please help me

I am also having this problem. Any suggestions would be useful. Thanks.