The book that comes with this package is MS Visual Basic.Net Step by Step. Despite the author's claim that the book appeals to beginners and experienced programmers alike, it is more of a beginner's book. Nonetheless it provides a structured introduction to to VB.NET and that appealed to me because my work in VB to date has always been driven by a deadline, and I have used techniques that perhaps aren't optimal but nonetheless work. However, I cannot find a Product Key in the package! I opened another of this product in a bookshop and could find no product key in that either. So I can't tell you anything about the software, but if anybody can send me a product key for this product (enquiries are being made at Microsoft but God knows how long that's going to take) I would be very grateful.