If this has just started and on 2 computers it is unlikely to be any error with your computers. Have you checked the file where the downloads get stored to see if they are coming in but the small box notifying you fails to appear? Assuming your downloaded files are in the Documents/Download file.... Right click Start, click Explore in the pop up Click the small plus sign beside Documents (My Documents?) on the left side Now look underneath Documents for Downloads Click on this to highlight and look on the right side to see if the latest downloads are listed.

I use this Firefox add-on: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/easy-youtube-video-downl-10137/?src=search That's just the one I stumbled on and suits my limited needs, so I stick with it, there may be better for all I know. The reason I wasn't quick to mention it is that, if I remember correctly, it tried to tempt/trick me into upgrading to an "ad-supported" version when I first installed it, and maybe even every time it updates. I don't really remember, but I got the feeling it was baiting me into installing something I didn't want, and I didn't really like that. The regular version works great for what I use it for though. I can download the video as an "flv" or "mp4" in any bitrate it's available as. As for the higher bitrate audio that they want me to upgrade to receive, I don't need that anyway. I can always strip the audio out of the video if I need it. :)

u can try moyea flv downloader, I've been using it for a long time. it is able to save and download any streaming video from youtube,Google Video, Myspace, Metacafe, Dailymotion, iFilm, Music, eVideoShare, StreetFire, etc. off to your computer's hard drive free. then you can play downloaded youtube video with flv player free whenever you want Your downloaded youtube vidoe is flv video, you just have to get a flv converter to convert flv to wmv, and then play on windows media player. I always use FLV to Video Converter to convert flv video to avi,mpeg, wmv video, it contains a free YouTube Downloader Here is a link that might be useful: FLV to Video Converter

Hmmm, Could it be that you still have the tool selected and just don't realize it? For example, I select the paintbrush tool and do some painting on my butterfly image, then I go up to the menu at top (the mouse cursor will change to an arrow) and open another image to copy something from it into the butterfly image I'm working on. When I go back into the project work area (big space where my butterfly image is) I will still have the paintbrush tool selected unless I choose a different tool from the tool box. I can have a tool selected and with my mouse go to a window or the menu at top and the mouse cursor will change from whatever tool I have selected to an arrow. However when I go back to my project area the mouse cursor will change back to show the tool I have currently selected.