Problems opening applications

Hello!
I have been reading tutorials on using the mac book. When I tried opening an application it just bounced up and down in the dock. The applications I tried are font book, dictionary, calculator, ichat and even dashboard. Consequently they are just sitting in my dock refusing to work!
Is it possible that I have over used my storage (I have the basic memory bought with the laptop). I do have a new hard drive - but haven't installed it yet...
Awaiting assistance...

You'd be better off posting this in the MacBook forum where you are more likely to find a user who could answer to your problem: MacBook Discussions

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Could be more than a few tings at this point.
You can do all these yourself or other ways, but with problems like this I start with Applejack...
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/19596
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