[MiKTeX] MikTex 2.5 hyperref dvips render problem

[joshua v. <jv...@jh...>]

I apologize for the repeat post, but none of the proposed fixes worked for
me.  After compiling a .tex file with MikTex 2.5 that uses the hyperref
package, when trying to view it with YAP, I get the following error:

"The document cannot be rendered properly because the current render method
does not support PostScript specials.

Temporarily switch to the Dvips render method?"

If i hit yes, YAP freezes.  If i hit no, YAP renders in PK, creates PK
fonts, and displays things in not such a pretty way, with none of the
hyperlinks working.  when i pdflatex, although i do not get an error, still,
none of the hyperlinks work.  this problem does not arise when using MikTex
2.4.

if i change the default render method in YAP to dvips, YAP just freezes
whenever attempting to view a dvi file.

a minimal file causing this error is:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\begin{document}
hello world!
\end{document}


please advise....