Can't Install MS Word

[MajorGeneral2]

I got a new PC recently, and for the most part I love it. However, I am haveing one problem. It included a disklabeled "OfficeSuite," which (I think) has Microsoft Word, Excel, and some other programs on it. However, WinXP never fails to crash when I try to install it! Wordpad doesn't seem like a good replacement for Word98 (which was on my old PC). I've tried just moving Word from my old computer, but I couldn't figure out which files were needed. Does anyone know what the problem might be? Or perhaps know of something I can get for free?

 

[Jeratain]

Never try to copy the files over to run the program. It wont work.

Try running your computer in safe mode and then installing it.

 

[damunzy]

www.openoffice.org
It is a free program that I like better than MS Office. You can save the files that you make in OpenOffice in MS formats if you want but by default the program saves the files in a compressed XML file (meaning that the files are about 1/7th to 1/10th the size of MS Offfice files).