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Problem wi th my program

I' m c u rr e n tl y r u n n in g t h e l at e s t v e r si o n o f GirlFri e n d a n d I' v e b e e n h a v in g s o m e

pro bl e m s lat ely. I've b e e n run ning t h e s a m e v ersi on of Dri nki ngB u d di es .! fo rev er a s m y

pri m ary a p plica ti on" a n d all th e GirlFri en d rel e a s e s I've tri ed h av e alwa ys confli ct e d with it .

I he a r t ha t DrinkingBuddies won ' t c r a sh if Gi rlFri end i s r un i n b ackground mod e and t he

sou nd i s turned off. But I'm e mb arrass ed to s ay I can ' t find the swi tch to turn the sou nd off .

I # us t r u n t h e m s e p a r a t e l y" a n d it w o rk s o k a y. G irlfri e n d a l s o s e e m s t o h a v e a p r ob le m

c o e $i sti n g wi th m y G olf p r o g r a m " o ft e n t ryi n g t o a b o r t G olf wi th s o m e s o rt o f t i mi n g

incompa t ibili ty. I proba bly should h ave s tay ed with GirlFriend .! " but I thou ght I might se e

b e t t er p erf or m a nc e fro m GirlFri end % .!. &fter m o nt h s of co nf lict s a n d oth er probl e m s" I

consu l t ed a f ri end who has had e$per i ence wi th G irlFri end % . ! . e sa id I p robab ly didn ' t

hav e enou gh cache t o run Gi rlFri end % . ! " a nd even tua ll y it would r e(u i r e a )oken * ing t o

run prop er ly. e was r ight + as soon as I purge d m y ca che" i t unins ta lled i t se lf. ,hor t ly after

t ha t " I i nst a ll ed G irlFri end - . ! b e t a . &ll the bugs were sup pose d t o be gone " bu t t h e f ir s t

ti m e I u s e d it" it g a v e m e a vi ru s a n y w a y. I h a d t o cl e a n o u t m y w h o le s y s t e m a n d s h u t

down for a w hile. I very c aut iou sly up gra de d to GirlFriend .!. )his time I us ed a ,/,I prob e

fir st a n d a ls o i ns t all e d a vi ru s p r ot e c ti o n p r o gr a m . It w ork e d o k ay f or a w hil e u n til I

d i scovered that Gi rlFriend .! was s t ill in my sys te m. I t ri ed running GirlFriend .! ag ainwi th GirlFriend .! s t ill ins ta lled" b ut Gi rlFriend .! ha s a fea ture I d idn ' t kn ow a bout tha t

a u t o m a t i c all y s e n s e s t h e p r e s e n c e o f a n y o t h e r v e r s io n o f GirlFri e n d a n d c o m m u n i c a t e s

wi th i t in some way" which resul t s in the im me dia te re moval of both vers ions . )he vers ion I

h a v e n o w w o rk s p r e t t y w e ll" b u t t h e r e a r e s till s o m e p r ob le m s . 0ik e a ll v e r si o ns o f

GirlFriend" it i s wri t t en in so me obsc ure langu ag e I can ' t und ers ta nd" mu ch less reprogra m.

Frankly I t h ink t he re i s t oo mu ch a t t en t i on pa id t o t h e l ook and f ee l r a t he r t han t he des i r ed

functionali ty. &lso" to get the be s t conn ect ions wi th your hardware " you usu ally hav e to us e

gold+plated cont acts . &nd I've ne ve r liked ho w GirlFriend is total ly 1ob#ect+oriente d.1 & ye ar

ag o" a f riend of mine up grad ed his vers ion of Gi rlFriend to Gi rlFriendPlus .! " which i s a

)erminate an d , tay *esident vers ion of GirlFriend. e discovered that Gi rlFriendPlus .!

e$p ir e s w ith in a ye a r if you don ' t upgra de t o Fi ancee . ! . , o he d id " bu t soon a f t e r t ha t " he

had t o upgrad e t o 2ife . !" which he d esc ri bes a s a h uge r e source hog . It has t aken u p a ll

h i s spac e " so he can ' t l oad any th ing e l se . 3ne o f t he p rimary r easons he dec ided t o go wi th2ife . ! was beca use i t came bund led wi th Free, e$Plus. 2ell" i t t urns o u t t h e r e source

allocat ion m od ule of 2ife .! s om et ime s prohibi t s acces s to Free,e$Plus " par t icular ly the

new Plug+Ins hewa nte d to t ry. 3n top of tha t " 2ife .! mu st b e run ning on a well warm ed+

up sys t e m b e fore he can d o an y th ing . &lthough he d id no t a sk for it " 2ife . ! cam e with

4othe rIn0 aw which ha s an au to mat i c pop+up f ea tu re he can ' t t u rn o ff. I t old h im to t ry

instal ling 4istres s .!" b ut h e s aid h e h e ard i f you try to ru n i t without fi rst uninstal ling 2ife

.! " 2ife .! will de le te 4,4oney f iles b efore doing the unins ta l l it se lf. )hen 4ist ress .!

won' t ins ta ll anyway bec aus e of insufficient reso urces .

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