To: The distaff members of my list - re-edit yourself!!!
To: The LBC lists - above & 'been there, heard that, done that' <G>
Desperately seeking technical support: I'm currently running the latest
version of Girlfriend 5.0 and having some problems. I've been running the
same version of DrinkingBuddies 1.0 for years as my primary application, and
all the Girlfriend releases have always conflicted with it.
I hear that DrinkingBuddies won't crash if you minimize Girlfriend with the
sound off, but since I can't find the switch to turn it off, I just run them
separately and it works OK.
Girlfriend also seems to have a problem coexisting with Golfware, often trying
to abort my Golf program with some sort of timing incompatibility. I probably
should have stayed with Girlfriend 1.0, but I thought I might see better
performance with Girlfriend 2.0. After months of conflicts, I consulted a
friend who has 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 upgrade to
run properly. He was right. As soon as I purged my cache, Girlfriend 2.0
uninstalled itself.
Shortly after that, I installed a Girlfriend 3.0 beta. All the bugs were
supposed to be gone, but the first time I used it, it gave me a virus.
After a hard drive clean up and thorough virus scan I very cautiously upgraded
to Girlfriend 4.0. This time using a SCSI probe and virus protection. It
worked OK for a while until I discovered Girlfriend 1.0 wasn't completely
uninstalled! I tried to run Girlfriend 1.0 again
with Girlfriend 4.0 still installed, but Girlfriend 4.0 has an unadvertised
feature that automatically senses the presence of Girlfriend 1.0 and
communicates with it in some way, resulting in the immediate removal of both
versions!
The version I have now works pretty well, but, like all versions, there are
still some problems. The Girlfriend package is written in some obscure
language that I can't understand, much less reprogram. And I've never liked
how Girlfriend is totally 'object-oriented.'
A year ago, a friend upgraded his version to GirlfriendPlus 1.0, which is a
Terminate-and-Stay resident version. He discovered GirlfriendPlus 1.0 expires
within a year if you don't upgrade to Fiancee 1.0. So he did. But soon after
that, you have to upgrade to Wife 1.0, which he describes as a 'huge resource
hog.' It has taken up all his space, so he can't load anything else.
One of the primary reasons that he upgraded to Wife is because it came bundled
with FreeSex 1.0. Well, it turns out that the resource allocation module of
Wife 1.0 sometimes prohibits access to FreeSex (particularly the new Plug and
Play items 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. And, although he did not ask
for it, Wife 1.0 came with MotherInLaw 1.0, which has an automatic popup
feature he can't turn off. I told him to install Mistress 1.0, but he said
that he heard that if you try to run it without first uninstalling Wife, that
Wife 1.0 will delete MSMoney files before uninstalling itself. Then Mistress
1.0 won't install anyway, due to insufficient resources.
If anybody out there is able to offer technical advice, please do so.
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