Problem with Mac OS X Tiger.. maybe

I just bought my macbook pro a week ago, installed microsoft office 2k4 and everything needed for day to day programming, including successful bootcamp installation. However, as of today, i can no longer open Microsoft word, my trashcan, a program called Azureus, and then my computer locks up and i have to restart it with the button. Anyone know why this is occuring?
Thanks

Try using Disk Utility to repair your startup disk (hard drive) as shown in Dr.Smokes Resolving Disk, Permission, and Cache Corruption.
Also Repair Permissions as shown in the link.
Cheers!
DALE

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Dear Mac Community
Since I bought my first iPod (a 3G), I have been a fan of Apple. For years, I had wanted to make a switch to the Mac. About a month ago, I finally decided it was time to leave the M$ world, and bought a Mini.
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There is one problem with your layout, which is the fact that no app recognizes the 12th key responsible for "/" and "?" (including Pages, which doesn't have this problem with the other layout I'm using).
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