| From: | MC23 mc23@**********.com |
|---|---|
| Subject: | MS Girlfriend |
| Date: | Thu, 4 Feb 99 12:04:58 -0500 |
I've been having some problems lately. I've been running the same
version of MS 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 won't crash if GirlFriend is run in
background mode and the sound is turned off. But I'm embarrassed to say I
can't find the utility to turn the sound off. I just run them separately,
and it works okay. Girlfriend also seems to have a problem coexisting
with my MS football, Basketball, Baseball, Hockey, Golf, and Soccer
programs, often trying to abort them with some sort of timing
incompatibility errors.
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
virus anyway. 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 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 sense the presence of any other version of GirlFriend
and communicates with it in some 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 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 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 load anything else until he
upgrades his systems hardware. One of the primary reasons he decided to
go with Wife 1.0 was >because it came bundled with FreeSexPlus.
Well, as it turns out the resource allocation module of Wife 1.0,
when bundled with MS Full-time-Job, sometimes prohibits access to
FreeSexPlus, particularly the new Plug-Ins and Device-Drivers 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 MS Mother-In-Law which has an automatic pop-up display, and
sound feature he can't turn off.
I told him to try installing MS Mistress 1.0, but he said he heard
if you try to run it without first uninstalling Wife 1.0, Wife 1.0 will
automatically, PKunzip MS Lawyer, scan all subdirectories, and delete MS
Money files before doing the uninstall itself. Then Mistress 1.0 won't
install anyway because of insufficient resources.
