To the Computer Gods.
I'm currently running the latest version of GirlFriend 1 and I've
been having some problems lately. I've been running the same
version of Drinking Buddies 1.3 seemingly forever as my primary
application, and all the GirlFriend releases I've tried have
always conflicted with it. I hear that Drinking Buddies 1.3 won't
crash if GirlFriend 1 is run in background mode and the sound is
turned off. But I'm embarrassed to say I can't find the switch to
turn the sound off. I just run them separately, and it works
okay. Girlfriend 1 also seems to have a problem coexisting with my
Golf program, often trying to abort Golf with some sort of timing
incompatibility.
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, it uninstalled itself.
Shortly after that, I installed GirlFriend 3.0 beta. All the bugs
were supposed to be gone, but the first time I used it, it gave
me a terrible virus. I had to clean out my whole system and shut down for while. A very painful recovery process.
I very cautiously upgraded to GirlFriend 4.0. This time I used a
SCSI insertion device for the first time and also 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 unknown way, which 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 flashy looks and
feel of the packaging rather than the desired functionality. Also, to get the best connections with your hardware, you usually have to use lots of gold-plated contacts. And I've never liked how GirlFriend is
totally "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,
so he can't even think about using anything else like his old Drinking Buddies or Golf Game programs. One of the primary reasons he
decided to go with Wife 1.0 was because it came bundled with
FreeSexPlus.
Well, it turns out the resource allocation module of Wife 1.0
often prohibits access to FreeSexPlus, particularly with 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 it will do anything.
Although he did not ask for it, Wife 1.0 came with Mother-In-Law
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
if you try to run it without first uninstalling Wife 1.0, Wife
1.0 will delete all MS Money and other financial files before doing the uninstall by itself. Then Mistress 1.0 won't install anyway because of insufficient resources.
I sure hope the Master Control Programmer straightens out this mess before the creation of any new versions.
Thanks, Confused and Frustrated User.