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The old ones r the best ones

<br />I'm currently running the latest version of GirlFriend and I've<br /> been having some problems lately. I've been running the same version<br /> of DrinkingBuddies 1.0 forever as my primary application, and all the<br /> GirlFriend releases I've tried have always conflicted with it. I<br /> hear that DrinkingBuddies won't crash if GirlFriend is run in<br /> background mode and the sound is turned off. But I'm embarrassed<br /> to say I can't find the switch to turn the sound off. I just run them<br /> separately, and it works okay. Girlfriend also seems to have a<br /> problem coexisting with my Golf program, often trying to abort<br /> Golf with some sort of timing incompatibility.<br /> <br /> I probably should have stayed with GirlFriend 1.0, but I thought I<br /> might see better performance from GirlFriend 2.0. After months of<br /> conflicts and other problems, I consulted a friend who has had<br /> experience with GirlFriend 2.0. He said I probably didn't have<br /> enough cache to run GirlFriend 2.0, and eventually it would<br /> require a Token Ring to run properly. He was right - as soon as I<br /> purged my cache, it uninstalled itself.<br /> <br /> Shortly after that, I installed GirlFriend 3.0 beta. All the bugs<br /> were supposed to be gone, but the first time I used it, it gave me<br /> a virus anyway. I had to clean out my whole system and shut down<br /> for a while.<br /> <br /> I very cautiously upgraded to GirlFriend 4.0. This time I used a<br /> SCSI probe first and also installed a virus protection program.<br /> It worked okay for a while until I discovered that GirlFriend 1.0 was<br /> still in my system. I tried running GirlFriend 1.0 again with<br /> GirlFriend 4.0 still installed, but GirlFriend 4.0 has a feature I<br /> didn't know about that automatically senses the presence of any<br /> other version of GirlFriend and communicates with it in some way,<br /> which<br /> results in the immediate removal of both versions.<br /> <br /> The version I have now works pretty well, but there are still some<br /> problems. Like all versions of GirlFriend, it is written in some<br /> obscure language I can't understand, much less reprogram. Frankly<br /> I think there is too much attention paid to the look and feel rather<br /> than the desired functionality. Also, to get the best connections<br /> with your hardware, you usually have to use gold-plated contacts.<br /> And I've never liked how GirlFriend is totally "object-oriented."<br /> A year ago, a friend of mine upgraded his version of GirlFriend to<br /> GirlFriendPlus 1.0, which is a Terminate and Stay Resident version<br /> of GirlFriend. He discovered that GirlFriendPlus 1.0 expires within<br /> a year if you don't upgrade to Fiancee 1.0. So he did, but soon<br /> after that, he had to upgrade to Wife 1.0, which he describes as a<br /> huge<br /> resource hog. It has taken up all his space, so he can't load<br /> anything else. One of the primary reasons he decided to go with<br /> Wife 1.0 was because it came bundled with FreeSexPlus.<br /> Well, it turns out the resource allocation module of Wife 1.0<br /> sometimes prohibits access to FreeSexPlus, particularly the new<br /> Plug-Ins he wanted to try. On top of that, Wife 1.0 must be<br /> running on a well warmed-up system before he can do anything.<br /> Although<br /> he did not ask for it, Wife 1.0 came with MotherInLaw which has an<br /> automatic pop-up feature he can't turn off.<br /> <br /> I told him to try installing Mistress 1.0, but he said he heard if<br /> you try to run it without first uninstalling Wife 1.0, Wife 1.0<br /> will delete MSMoney files before doing the uninstall itself. Then<br /> Mistress 1.0 won't install anyway because of insufficient<br /> resources.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />

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nice one m8

<br />been there done that
 
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