IBook G3 refuses to launch applications

Hello!
I recently obtained a iBook G3 Dual USB (500 MHz/ 64 MB RAM/ 10 GB HD) off ebay. It just happened to be a public school board surplus computer from some school district in North Carolina.
Anyway, besides the point. I am having a issue. The machine won't launch any applications (such as Word '98, Appleworks 6, Stuffit Expander). It gives me either an error type 1, 2, 3 or a bomb error type 10. I researched a little and found something about the "Internet Config Extension" needs to be enabled, but it isn't in the extension list. The icon is, however in the Extension folder but doesn't appear in the Extension list that allows you to turn them on/ off.
I read that you could also download URL Access 2.3 from Apple, however my iBook won't launch it due to it requires Stuffit Expander, which gives me an error because it won't load applications. This is using Mac OS 9.2. The machine did not come with system disks (a mistake I horribly regret with buying it) but now that I have it I don't want it to go to waste. I'd like to get some kind of help to where I could get the OS fixed without a required reinstallation.
Any help will be greatly appreciated! I'm not entirely sure, but this could also be a hardware issue. It was suggested to me by a friend the hard drive might be going bad on the unit because it is loud and sometimes finder will unexpectedly quit or i'll get a bomb error on the login menu.
Thanks again,
Jake

Are you certain that the Tiger discs are CDs? Tiger originally came on DVDs. There was a media exchange program that allowed someone to exchange the DVDs for CDs if they didn't have a DVD drive, so the CDs do exist, but they are rather rare. I can tell from the 64 MB of RAM that yours is equipped with just a CD-ROM drive (no DVD compatibility). (If you have an external DVD drive, this shouldn't be a problem.)
Upgrading the hard drive is a complicated thing to do:
http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Repair/iBook-G3-12-Inch-Hard-Drive/130/1
If you're up to doing that hard drive upgrade (or know someone who is), you maximize the RAM, and you really have the Tiger CDs (or an external DVD drive), then it should work. You won't have the applications that came with the iBook, though (such as AppleWorks). And say goodbye to Word 98, too, unless you have the software to install it on the new hard drive.

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