Error report when running C programs.

Hello all

I hope this is not a duplicate post. I am a beginning programming student and I'm learning to program with the C language. I am reading a C programming book and have begun to build very simple programs. I am using notepad to write the programs and Microsoft C++ Toolkit 2003 to compile them. The first few programs I tried execute, but as I work ahead, all the programs causes the window's "Error report" message to appear. I compiled the book's source codes just to make sure I did not make any mistakes but I get the same error message. I have used two different desktops and my laptop all running windows xp sp2 and get the same error. Is this a common error message and is there a fix to it or am I using the wrong program to compile C files

If I need to post a source code, please advise me.

Any feedback will help, thanks everyone.