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> Last year, my friend upgraded his GirlFriend3.1 to GirlFriendPlus1.0
> (marketing name: Fiancee1.0). Recently he upgraded Fiancee1.0 to Wife1.0
> and it's a memory hogger, it has taken all his space; and Wife1.0 must
> be running before he can do anything. Although he did not ask for it,
> Wife1.0 came with Plug-Ins such as MotherInLaw and BrotherInLaw.
>
> Some features I'd like to see in the Upcoming GirlFriend4.0...
>
> - A "Don't remind me again" button
> - Minimize button
> - Shutdown feature
> - An install shield feature so that Girlfriend4.0 can be completely
> uninstalled if so desired (so you don't lose cache and other objects)
>
> I tried running girlfriend 2.0 with girlfriend 1.0 still installed, they
> tried using the same i/o port and conflicted. Then I tried to uninstall
> girlfriend 1.0 but it didn't have an uninstall program. I tried to
> uninstall it by hand, but it put files in my system directory. Another
> thing that sucks in all versions of girlfriend that I've used is that it
> is totally "object orientated" and only supports hardware with gold
> plated contacts.
>
> ***** BUG WARNING *****
>
> Wife 1.0 has an undocumented bug. If you try to install Mistress 1.1
> before uninstalling Wife 1.0, Wife 1.0 will delete MSMoney files before
> doing the uninstall itself. Then Mistress 1.1 will refuse to install,
> claiming insufficient resources.
>
> This feature (MSMoney deletion) is present, but documented, in later upgrade
> versions of Wife such as Wife 2.0 and Wife 3.0. Its effects are magnified,
> however, if you also have installed any version of Kid 1.0 or later. Even
> previous installations of Kid seem to increase data loss from MSMoney over
> time.
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David Galloway
Houston Chronicle Interactive
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