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Date:    Feb 23 14:48
From:    darklord
Subject: possible software conflicts
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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.
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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.
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GirlFriend also seems to have a problem co-existing with my Golf program,
often trying to abort Golf with some sort of timing incompatibility.
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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 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.
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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.
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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.
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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-orientated".
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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.
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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 system before
he can do anything.  Although he did not ask for it, Wife 1.0 came with
MotherInLaw 1.0 which has an automatic pop-up feature he can't turn-off.
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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 MSMoney
files before doing the uninstall itself.  Then Mistress 1.0 won't install
anyway because of insufficient resources.
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I suppose the moral of the story is: know your system's hardware, it's
software requirements and compatibilities and be real careful about what
software you install and when and how you upgrade.
-Darklord


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