Help!!!!!!!!!!!!?

Question

I just got a new (used) laptop from ebay. it's a dell latitude or whatever and it's from 2001. Anyway, it doesn't have any word programs on there (except for wordpad - which isn't too great)
and I'd like to get word perfect or open office on there. The thing is, I'm trying to copy it from the PC to my USB data travler thing to my laptop and I can't do it! Open office is free, but I'm having trouble getting the laptop to take it. HELP!
oh, it has wireless, but when I went to the connections part there was a red X over it. Is that because I'm not in a wireless area?
then, I hooked it up to the the PC's DSL cord and it wouldn't go on. It said that I needed to make a new connection and I tried to, but I couldn't make that work, either.
Thanks for the help, it's really appreciated. I mean, I'm a English major (so the laptop is a great thing) but I'm not as technologically advanced as some.
THANKS AGAIN!
ps - the USB works just fine otherwise so that's not the problem

Answer 1

Micro soft word doesn't come with windows you have to buy it. you can't copy it from other computer it won't work.when you install a program windows save some files to a folder called system32 and those files have extension DLL. when you execute the program first thing windows does is going to those files and read the instructions from . so if you copy the program to an other computer what you get is missing DLL.. about the connection install the Ethernet cable to the lap top and to the modem and make a new connection, if there is already a connection delete it and make a new one.

Answer 2

This is a Lot of question to ask at once, but here I go.

You can redownload the office stuff of your new computer and reinstal it.

Your not speaking clear enough to explain the wireless problem, just repost on everything you have tried.

When you plug your DSL line into your computer, unplug the DSL router, and plug it in. Then look at the bottom of your right side of your start bar, and right click on your Local area connection, (it sould say that it is pluged up) and click Open network connections. a window should open, right click on the network connection and click on DISABLE, then right click on it again and click on enable, wait for it to get a IP, give it 5 minutes, and then Your DSL will work again.