Be careful in choosing upgrades!

[1970Moparmann]

Last year, my friend upgraded his GirlFriend 3.1 to GirlFriendPlus 1.0
(marketing name: Fiancee 1.0). Recently he upgraded Fiancee 1.0 to Wife
1.0 and it's a memory hogger, has taken all his space; and Wife 1.0 must
be running before he can do anything. Although he didn't ask for them,
Wife 1.0 came with Plug-Ins such as MotherInLaw ,BrotherInLaw and
Shopping list 1.1 .

Applications such as Boozing 2.5 and Saturday Night Pubs 5.0 no longer
run, crashing the system whenever selected. I cannot keep Wife 1.0 in
the background while attempting to run some of my other favorite
applications like Night Club 4.3, Dance 'n' Drink 2.0 and Blokes night
out 7.77.

Some features I'd like to see in the upcoming GirlFriend 4.0...

A "Don't remind me again" button
Minimize button
Shutdown feature
An install shield feature so that Girlfriend 4.0 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
unstall 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 Money files before doing the uninstall itself. Then
Mistress 1.1 will refuse to install, claiming insufficient resources.

Here was the reply from Tech Support:

Re: Failed Upgrade
This is a very common problem among men, but it is due mostly to a
primary misconception. Many people upgrade from Girlfriend 7.0 to Wife
1.0 with the idea that Wife 1.0 is merely a UTILITIES & ENTERTAINMENT
program. Wife 1.0 is actually an OPERATING SYSTEM and designed by its
creator to run everything.

It is unlikely you would be able to purge Wife 1.0 and still convert
back to Girlfriend 7.0. It is impossible to uninstall, delete, or purge
Wife 1.0 from the system once installed. You cannot go back to
Girlfriend 7.0 because Wife 1.0 is not designed to do this. Some have
tried to install Girlfriend 8.0 or Wife 2.0 but end up with more
problems than the original system. Look in your manual under
"Warnings-Alimony/Child Support;" this was given to you at time of
registration with Wife 1.0. I recommend you keep Wife 1.0 and just deal
with the situation. Having Wife 1.0 installed myself, I might also
suggest you read the entire section regarding General Partnership Faults
(GPFs).

The best course of action will be to enter the command C:APOLOGIZE. In
fact I would suggest you use this command every time Wife 1.0 crashes on
your system. Wife 1.0 is a great program, but very high maintenance.

Consider buying additional software to improve the performance of Wife
1.0. I recommend Flowers 2.1 and Chocolates 5.0 or Movies 4.5.

Do not, under any circumstances, install Visual Secretary With Short
Skirt 3.3. This is not a supported application for Wife 1.0 and is
likely to cause irreversible damage to the operating system.

Recent surveys show add-ons like Visual Dress 2.0, Diamond Necklace 3.0,
and A Quick trip to Paris 1.0 are the best Third Party tools supported
by Wife 1.0 to allow it to run smoothly and effectively.
   

[TK73]

Been through many versions of Girlfriend and also Wife 1.0.

I reformatted the drive to remove all previous versions and reinstalled BadAssCar 7.3.

I'm MUCH happier running BadAssCar.

[Tilar]

   I upgraded all the way to Wife 3.0 and have come to the conclusion that BadAssCar of any version is cheaper and just as much if not more fun!

[1970Moparmann]

 I upgraded all the way to Wife 3.0 and have come to the conclusion that BadAssCar of any version is cheaper and just as much if not more fun!

Your right about that!