Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Deluxe 16 
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Even after reading about issues with XP from other reviewers, I decided to go with Mavis Beacon simply because the competing typing software is even worse. I also could not believe that Broderbund would be this outdated - or misleading.
Wrong. This product will not install under Windows XP SP2. AutoPlay brings up an unresponsive installer, prompting an error report every time. The Start > Run command (recommended by the install instructions) results in absolutely nothing.
So I installed it on my aging Windows ME system, and it ran without a problem.
Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 16 Deluxe is probably the only thing Windows ME can do better than XP.
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I wish I could give them zero stars.
Broderbund pulled support for software I owned only 2 years after it was released.
I was unable to install it because it required internet registration which was no longer supported. To solve the problem, they offered to SELL me a different software title.
They must have thought I was stupid. They expected me to give them more money???
This company has second rate software and third rate customer service. Do not buy anything from them.
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Clearly, Broderbund always sinks their budget into marketing, not software development. What do you end up with? Vaporware.
Do not pay over $19 and it should be worth the money.
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Software locked-up Windows XP. On the Broderbund support site the company explains that the software was written for an older version of Windows and is not XP compatiable. They list procedures that may allow the software to work if running under the compatability mode. However, the box says the software was written for XP. If Broderbund's packaging labels on this product are misleading then what about their other products.
If you are running XP use something else.
