Edwarda,
Does this sound familiar??
A Bloke's Software Compatibility Problems
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
DrinkingBuddies1.0 forever as my primary application, and all the
Girlfriend releases I've tried have always conflicted with it. I hear
that DrinkingBuddies 1.0 runs fine as long as Girlfriend is run in the
background mode and the sound is turned off.
Girlfriend also seems to have a problem coexisting with my Golf and
Skiing programs, often trying to shut down Golf and or Skiing with
some sort of timing incompatibility. On a positive note, DrinkingBuddies
1.0 and Golf/Skiing seem to have no incompatibilities whatsoever.
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, and realized that no one
in their right mind was installing new Token Rings anymore, Girlfriend
2.0 uninstalled itself. Shortly after that, I installed Girlfriend 3.0
beta.
Unfortunately, there was a bug in the program and 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 (pronounced scuzzy) 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. This 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 re-program. 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 "object-oriented." A year ago, a
friend of mine upgraded his version of Girlfriend to Girlfriend Plus
1.0, which is Terminate and Stay Resident version of Girlfriend. He
discovered that Girlfriend Plus 1.0 expires within a year if you don't
upgrade to Fiancée 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 and he can't load anything else. One of the primary
reasons he decided to go with Wife 1.0 was because it supposedly came
bundled with a feature called FreeSexPlus. Well, it
turn out the resource requirements 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, which
has an automatic pop-up feature he can't turn off. I told him to try
installing Mistress 1.0, but he heard that if you try to run it
without first uninstalling Wife 1.0, Wife 1.0 will delete MSMoney files
before uninstalling itself. Then Mistress 1.0 won't install anyway
because of insufficient resources. |
