Hello Skyrim community!

I am unsure if I am the only one who is experiencing this so here I go...

Okay so I booted up Skyrim last night-- I only play it in Offline mode (it works just fine). I'm able to run around a bit and mine some ore and then an annoying "BUM" noise goes off and Skyrim stops working. "wtf?" I thought and then I see a box that pops up saying Microsoft Visual C++ has stopped working (or has encountered an error); this program must have a connection with my video card or Skyrim.

Do any of you have this same problem?

Any advice on if it is a fixable issue??

Thanks in advance for taking your time to read/reply.