Below are the instructions for getting around the freezing problem in Mavis
Beacon - From Broderbund website...


Tammy

  
Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing® 11

  Freezes After Last Beginner Quiz
  Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing® 11 freezes if the last quiz in the Beginner
Level is not passed before
  moving on to the Intermediate Level. Restarting the program and passing
the last quiz before attempting
  to advance to the next level should prevent the program from freezing.
  Complete the steps that follow to resolve this issue. 

     1.Exit the program. If unable to Exit the program normally, complete
the following procedure:

          a.At the same time, press and hold the CTRL and ALT keys on the
keyboard. 
          b.With the two keys pressed, press the DELETE key once. 
          c.When the Close Program window appears, release all keys. 
          d.Locate the Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing® listing in the Close
Program window
            and click on it once. The title will become highlighted. 
          e.Click End Task. If a window appears indicating that the program
is not responding,
            click the End Task button in that window. After the program
closes, the Close
            Program window will also close.

     2.Insert the program CD into the CD-ROM drive and restart Mavis Beacon
Teaches Typing® 11. 
     3.Return to the Lesson Area. 
     4.Click the Previous Lesson arrow. (This is the blue arrow on the left
in the lower-left corner of the
       screen.) 
     5.Retake the last quiz in the Beginner Level. 

       NOTE: If the beginner quiz is completed and a screen appears that
reads "Some more work on
       these keys...", then the quiz was not passed. (You will remain at
the Beginner Level.) 

     6.Review the Beginner Level by clicking the Next Lesson arrow. (This
is the blue arrow on the right
       in the lower-left corner of the screen.) 
     7.Retake the quiz.

  NOTE: The last Beginner Level quiz must be passed before continuing with
the next level. 


At 12:36 PM 1/23/03 -0700, you wrote:
>We're having the exact same problems here at Sirrine with Mavis!!! I've
>just been having them restart Mavis & making sure it runs through the whole
>introduction process.  I'm trying to monitor the ones who click the mouse
>during the start up process to see if they are the ones who freeze up, no
>luck yet.
>Pam Moya
>Sirrine
>At 09:36 AM 1/23/03 -0700, you wrote:
>>Hi all -- Is anyone else having problems with Mavis Beacon?  Some of our
>>teachers are complaining that when the students are going pretty well with
>>accuracy and/or speed (4th through 6th grades), it freezes and they have to
>>start over.  Another teacher said one of her students (doing number pad)
>>can get 100% accuracy and the lessons never progress.  Any ideas why or
>>what to do to remedy this?  What can I tell these teachers?  Thanks for any
>>advice!
>>
>>Lora Linn Foster, Madison Elementary
>>
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