[C&C] Help- software problems

[Steve Jensen <sjensen@primenetyourknife.com>]

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 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 switch to turn the sound off.
I just run them separately, and it works okay.
 
GirlFriend 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 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 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 way,
which results in the immediate removal of both versions.
 
The ver. 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. 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
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,
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
MSMoney files before uninstalling itself. Then Mistress 1.0 won't
install anyway because of insufficient resources.
 
Any Recomendations?
Steve
 
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