Software Problem
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samn01

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874 posts

294 months

Thursday 28th November 2002
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Can anyone help with this software problem? Eighteen months ago I upgraded to Girlfriend 1.0 from Drinking Mates 4.2, which I had used for years without any trouble. However, there are apparently conflicts between these two products, and the only solution was to try to run Girlfriend 1.0 with the sound turned off. To make matters worse, Girlfriend 1.0 is also
incompatible with several other applications, such as Lads Night Out 3.1, Football 2.0, and Playboy 6.1. Successive versions of Girlfriend have proved no better.
A Shareware beta-programme, Party Girl 2.1, had many bugs, and left a virus in my system, forcing me to shut down completely for several weeks.
Eventually I tried to run Girlfriend 1.2, and Girlfriend 1.0 at the same time, only to discover that when these two systems detected each other,
they caused severe damage to all my hardware. Sensing a way out, I upgraded to Fiancé 1.0, only to discover that this product had to be upgraded to Wife 1.0. I did this largely because, whilst Wife 1.0 uses up all available resources, it does come bundled with FreeSex Plus, and Cleanhouse 2000.
However, I discovered that Wife 1.0 can be very unstable, and costly to run.

For example, any mistakes I made were automatically stored in Wife 1.0's
memory, and could not be deleted, sometimes re-surfacing months later. Wife
1.0 also has an automatic Diary Explorer, and E-mail porn filter, and can,
without warning, launch Photostrop, and Whingezip. These latter products have no help Files, and require you to try and guess the problem yourself.
Additional costly problems are that the Wife 1.0 bundle, that came with the original system, needs updating regularly, requiring Shoe Shop Browser Pro,
for new attachments, and Hairstyle Express needs to be reinstalled every
other week. It also conflicts with some of the new games I wanted to try,
stating that they are an illegal operation. When Wife 1.0 attaches itself
to my car programme it often crashes, or runs the system dry.
Wife 1.0 also has a rather annoying pop-up called Mother-in Law, which cannot be turned off. Recently I have been tempted to try Mistress 2000,
but there could be problems. If Wife 1.0 detects the presence of Mistress 2000, it will delete all MS Money files before un-installing itself. Can anyone
Help??

tuffer

8,984 posts

293 months

Thursday 28th November 2002
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Easy one this, Format C:/ then re-install a clean OS (W2K preferable as XP is a little tarty) then install ColinMcRea Rally, do not install anything else!! Even Miss Nubile 1.0 will have a detrimental effect on your driving pleasure. If you do decide to venture back into the girlfriend range of software then ensure you try it on a seperate system well away from home, if you decide to make things more permanent then obtain some form of gaurentee from the vendor that they will be responsible for any future defects/claims.

samn01

Original Poster:

874 posts

294 months

Thursday 28th November 2002
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Thanks for the advise