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Q82388: Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Under Windows

Article: Q82388
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.1,3.11,95
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 18-DEC-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows versions 3.1, 3.11 
- Microsoft Windows 95 
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SYMPTOMS
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When run under Microsoft Windows versions 3.1 and 3.11, Mavis Beacon Teaches
Typing may not function as expected. During the typing lessons, when it says the
following in Windows 3.0,

  let's go to the races

you see a car driving down a road with bugs hitting your windshield as you make
mistakes in typing. In Windows 3.1, you see no car and no bugs.

CAUSE
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This problem is caused by Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, not Windows 3.1.

MORE INFORMATION
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For additional information, please contact Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing technical
support.

The product included here is manufactured by a vendor independent of Microsoft;
we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance
or reliability.

Additional query words: 3.10 3.11

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWin3xSearch kbWin95search kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin310 kbWin311
Version           : WINDOWS:3.1,3.11,95

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