I'm currently running the latest version of Girlfriend and I've
been having some problems lately. I've been running the same version
of DrinkingBuddies 1.0 forever as my primary application, and all the
Girlfriend releases I've tried, have always conflicted with it. I
hear that DrinkingBuddies runs fine, as long as Girlfriend is run in
background mode, and the sound is turned off. Therefore, I have to
run both of them separately. Girlfriend also seems to have a problem
coexisting with my Golf program, often trying to abort Golf with some
sort of timing incompatibilty. On a positive note, DrinkingBuddies
and Golf seem to have no incompatibilities whatsoever.
I probably should have stayed with GirlFriend 1.0, but I thought
I might see better performance from GirlFriend 2.0. After months of
conflicts and other problems, I consulted a friend who has had
experience with GirlFriend 2.0. He said I probably didn't have enough
cache to run GirlFriend 2.0, and eventually it would require a Token
Ring to run properly. He was right......as soon as I purged my cache,
and realized that no one in their right mind is installing new Token
Rings, GirlFriend 2.0 uninstalled itself. Shortly after that, I
installed GirlFriend 3.0 beta.
Unfortunately, there was a bug in the program, and the first time
I used it I got a virus. I had to clean out my whole system and shut
down for a while. I very cautiously upgraded to GirlFriend 4.0. This
time, I used a SCSI probe first and installed a virus protection
program. It worked okay for a while, until I discovered that
GirlFriend 1.0 was still in my system. I tried running GirlFriend 1.0
again with GirlFriend 4.0 still installed, but GirlFriend 4.0 has a
feature I didn't know about that automatically senses the presence of
any other version of GirlFriend, and communicates with it in some way.
This results in the immediate removal of both versions.
The version I have now works pretty well, but there are still
some problems. Like all versions of Girlfriend, it is written in some
obscure language I can't understand, much less reprogram. Frankly, I
think there is too much attention paid to the look and feel, rather
than the desired functionality. Also, to get the best connections
with your hardware, you usually have to use gold plated contacts.
Also, I've never liked how GirlFriend is "object-oriented".
A year ago, a friend of mine upgraded his version of GirlFriend,
to GirlFriendPlus 1.0, which is a Terminate and Stay Resident version
of GirlFriend. He discovered that GirlFriendPlus 1.0 expires within a
year, if you don't upgrade to Fiancee 1.0. So he did, but soon after
that, he had to upgrade to Wife 1.0, which he describes as a huge
resource hog. It has taken up all his space....he can't load anything
else. One of the primary reasons he decided to go with Wife 1.0, was
because it supposedly came bundled with a feature called FreeSexPlus.
Well, it turns out that the resource requirements of Wife 1.0,
sometimes prohibits access to FreeSexPlus.....particularly, the new
Plug-Ins he wanted to try. On top of that, Wife 1.0 must be running
on a well warmed-up system, before he can do anything.
Although he did not ask for it, Wife1.0 came with MotherInLaw,
which has an automatic pop-up feature he can't turn off. I told him
to try installing Mistress 1.0, but he said he heard that, if you try
to run it without first uninstalling Wife 1.0, Wife 1.0 will delete
MSMoney files before uninstalling itself. Then, Mistress 1.0 won't
install because of insufficient resources.
Cary Hostrawser
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