Girlfriend 4.0

[Thorin]

Girlfriends



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, it has taken all his space; and Wife 1.0 must be running before he can do anything. Although he did not ask for it, Wife 1.0 came with Plug-Ins such as MotherInLaw and BrotherInLaw.



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)

   * A Remote control for the these features would be a nice upgrade.



I tried running GirlFriend 2.0 with GirlFriend 1.0 still installed, but 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 problem with all versions of GirlFriend that I've used is that it is totally object oriented 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.



******** Related Experiences *********



Last year a friend upgraded GirlFriend 4.0 to Wife 1.0 and noticed that it soon began spawning child-processes that are consuming valuable resources. No mention of this phenomenon was included in the product brochure. In addition, Wife 1.0 installs itself in such a way that it is always launched at system initialization where it can monitor all other system activity. My friend is finding that some applications such as Poker-Night 10.3 and BeerBash 2.5 are no longer able to run, crashing the system whenever selected (even though they always worked fine before).



As a result, I decided to avoid all the problems associated with Wife 1.0 by sticking with GirlFriend 4.0. Even here, however, I found many headaches. For example, the uninstall program for GirlFriend 4.0 doesn't work very well, leaving undesirable traces of the application in the system. Even worse, all versions of GirlFriend constantly pop up little annoying messages -- about the advantages of upgrading to Wife 1.0.

I found this, and many other gems, on the WinBatch tech support web site.

[Darren Dirt]

Just rediscovered this thread; really shoulda been referenced for Tom recently... (not sure if in jest or not )

[Thorin]

Yeah...  What is doubly funny is that this entire post was found in a tech support forum for a piece of batching/install software used by companies to automate and package internal installations.  Like, it was the last place you'd look for something funny like that...

[Tom]

Just rediscovered this thread; really shoulda been referenced for Tom recently... (not sure if in jest or not )

LOL

In my case I'm not running it locally but over TeamViewer on a remote system, but working hard to bring the system in house, but it is proving to be difficult due to @%&#tyGovernment a0.01.

[Lazybones]

Just rediscovered this thread; really shoulda been referenced for Tom recently... (not sure if in jest or not )

LOL

In my case I'm not running it locally but over TeamViewer on a remote system, but working hard to bring the system in house, but it is proving to be difficult due to @%&#tyGovernment a0.01.

Hmm you know the trend these days is to move everything to the cloud... Really reduces the amount of local physical space, however not all services run as well remotely.

[Tom]

Just rediscovered this thread; really shoulda been referenced for Tom recently... (not sure if in jest or not )

LOL

In my case I'm not running it locally but over TeamViewer on a remote system, but working hard to bring the system in house, but it is proving to be difficult due to @%&#tyGovernment a0.01.

Hmm you know the trend these days is to move everything to the cloud... Really reduces the amount of local physical space, however not all services run as well remotely.

This instance of Wife 1.0 regularly throws exceptions, and the occasional SIGSEGV due to running remotely. Husband 1.0 threatens to throw exceptions as well

[Thorin]

Any idea on the Countdown to Liquor Day?

as in, how much longer until she can come over?

[Tom]

Any idea on the Countdown to Liquor Day?

as in, how much longer until she can come over?

Just about ready to actually submit the permanent resident application. Assuming she can get a visitor visa after that (no guarantee, and many people find it highly unlikely), she could come over in 2-3 months maybe (when the sponsorship is approved). If she can't get a temp visa, its anywhere from 8 to 17 months if everything goes well/ok. If things go badly, it could be longer or never.

"The times are based on how long it took to process 80 percent of all cases between January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014". So it could be 17 months, it could be 6 months. There's no way to tell until they finish.

A few months ago the manila timeline was saying 14 months

[Darren Dirt]

Any idea on the Countdown to Liquor Day?

as in, how much longer until she can come over?

Just about ready to actually submit the permanent resident application. Assuming she can get a visitor visa after that (no guarantee, and many people find it highly unlikely), she could come over in 2-3 months maybe (when the sponsorship is approved). If she can't get a temp visa, its anywhere from 8 to 17 months if everything goes well/ok. If things go badly, it could be longer or never.

"The times are based on how long it took to process 80 percent of all cases between January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014". So it could be 17 months, it could be 6 months. There's no way to tell until they finish.

A few months ago the manila timeline was saying 14 months

Tom, ouch -- and also imo u should work on your reading comprehension buddy -- you missed a juicy pun!

[Tom]

Any idea on the Countdown to Liquor Day?

as in, how much longer until she can come over?

Just about ready to actually submit the permanent resident application. Assuming she can get a visitor visa after that (no guarantee, and many people find it highly unlikely), she could come over in 2-3 months maybe (when the sponsorship is approved). If she can't get a temp visa, its anywhere from 8 to 17 months if everything goes well/ok. If things go badly, it could be longer or never.

"The times are based on how long it took to process 80 percent of all cases between January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014". So it could be 17 months, it could be 6 months. There's no way to tell until they finish.

A few months ago the manila timeline was saying 14 months

Tom, ouch -- and also imo u should work on your reading comprehension buddy -- you missed a juicy pun!

Yeah, I'm just a little busy today working on paperwork... Actually have to extract logs from skype, because skype wont actually load the whole chat log without hanging for tens of minutes. Also then going to process the output a bit to grab total call time.