Girlfriend 1.0
Dear Chick Software
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. Unfortunately, I can't
find the switch to turn the sound off. Therefore, I have to run them
separately.
GirlFriend also seems to have a problem coexisting with my Golf
program, often trying to abort Golf with some sort of timing
incompatibility. 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 for GirlFriend 2.0, and eventually
it would require a Token Ring. 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, it gave
me a virus. I had to clean out my whole system and shutdown for
awhile.
Very cautiously, I upgraded to GirlFriend 4.0. This time I used a SCSI
probe first and also installed a virus protection program. It worked
okay for a while until I realized I had not completely removed
GirlFriend 1.0 from 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. And 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. 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 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, Wife 1.0 came with
MotherInLaw which has an automatic pop-up feature he can't turn off.
I told him I have heard some people have tried solving of these
problems by installing Mistress 1.0, but he said he heard you must
first uninstall Wife 1.0, or Wife 1.0 will delete MSMoney files before
uninstalling itself. Then Mistress 1.0 won't install because of
insufficient resources.
Please help me.
Best
Regards,
Pete
(
geocities.com/vahid_nasiri)