I thoought you only needed the google account to make comments, I never had a google account and use Youtube everyday, and download from it,

Nope! 
Feckity feck!   

Scotty try this link and see what you get

http://www.youtube.com/browse

Just wondering if the difference between those having problems and those who aren't depends on whether we have a Youtube a/c, or not. Not everyone who has a problem has mentioned whether they have an a/c there

Thanks for your help Croc but that didn`t work either. Tried the browse thing too but nothing. 
It doesn`t recognise my password so clicked on can`t remember it. They sent me an e.mail. Tried again and it still doesn`t recognise it.  
I`m lost with this one.

I've no account there Y.E. Yet no problem, At least not to my knowledge I don't,
Many a time I've wished I had when I seen some crass comment, and wanted to reply.

You've got me thinking, I'll check it out,

Just one of the bonuses of having an a/c there is so you can reply to comments...some comments are so challenging there's a strong feeling for the need to reply at times lol. My main reason though for an a/c was to store utube vid clips I want to keep and replay when I want to. Annoyingly now Google has become involved the whole youtube experience is being tampered with

Scotty, it may be worth looking at the Google forum to see if there's anything there which helps.
Link to the section on Signing In issues

And ohmegawd how much has he aged in the last 2 years or so?

Scotty...its sounds like you are having exactly what i had...we always left youtube signed in so when we went on it was always signed in....

When you go on there don;t enter any passwords....you are already signed in but it wants you to now have a gmail account to link it to...the only way round this unless you set up the gmail account is to sign out.  You can then browse and watch but won't be able to comment.

I read this thread the other day and at the ime had no probs, today however i'm having the same google mail account needed probs.... I dont have nor do i want a frikkin google mail account!!

Thanks El Loro. 

It`s sorted.

signing out just worked for me Croc Shame though as i like the recommended for you page and favourites etc

Thanks Croc. 
I set up a g.mail account this morning. They cancelled my old password. I have to use my g.mail account password now but like you, I don`t sign out on there. So it`s all sorted.

I like that too Jen. If you set up a g.mail account you`ll get that back. 

I suppose if i want it back i'll have to, i dont like being forced to sign up for a an email account i dont want just so i can carry on using youtube though

I know what you mean Jen. I felt that way too but I comment quite a bit on there (Judge Judy vids) and us fans have a small community who keep in touch with each other so I had to do it. I grudged it though. 

its not relating to an andriod phone is it?