I am at school and I have been givin this computer and all i know about it is that it is running windows XP and if you try to open a document such as a word document it gives an error. Also if I try to open up internet explorer, it doesnt display any page and when I close it, it gives a error similer to the last. What is causing these problems?
look at your event viewer...(RightClick MyComputer > Manage > Event Viewer) Check the error events for applications and paste here...
i think you are having at least 2 problems either reinstall word or use a registy scanner, and it wouldn't do any harm to do a virus and spyware check Avast (free) is about the best AV software, as for spyware use this (also free) then we'll look at your net connection
