Sending attachments in Yahoo, Hotmail

My problem is that I cannot send attachments. I can identify the attachment I wish in my Hotmail or Yahoo mail account, however, I cannot then upload from my computer. My only result is an error screen in Safari or a frozen screen in Firefox.
This has been a problem for some time. Previous suggestions have been to restart and to trash the cache. Neither of these have worked.
Any ideas to solve this problem?

Hey thanks Jp,
I did a search and found what looks like an answer.
"Worked with an AppleCare guy for about an hour, trying everything. Finally, since it was happening with multiple browsers and multiple user accounts, he figured it was system-wide. So had me drag SystemConfiguration folder out to the desktop (it's in Preferences folder which is in Library folder in HD). Then had me restart iMac and establish a new connection to the internet...
Now able to upload, add attachments and no blank pages."
My concern is the part where it says,
''Then had me restart iMac and establish a new connection to the internet...''
I'm wary of this because I've had difficulties in the past. I live in Taiwan, my broadband is shared and located with the neighbors and my landlord is currently living in Geneva. My time and Chinese is not really up to extensive working out of difficulties.
Can anyone explain what is meant by this, 'establish a new connection to the internet' ?, before I go ahead and take the action suggested.
Thanks.

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