› This article comes  form  the  GARDEN› CITY  ATARI COMPUTER  ENTHUSIASTS  in› Canada.  It  was  written   by   JOHN› PICKEN.››           WIFE 1.3 UPGRADE›› Last year, after hearing how great it› was for so long,  a  friend  of  mine› upgraded  from Girlfriend 3.0 to Wife› 1.0. He has found Wife 1.0  to  be  a› rescource  hog,  leaving   him   very› little    free    space   for   other› applications.   Wife   1.0   is  also› spawning   Child-Subroutines,   which› further  consumes   valuable   system› resources.  His   system   seems   to› diminish with each passing day.›› At  first,  he thought Wife 1.0 might› be infected with a virus,  but  other› users  have  assured him the Wife 1.0› is   behaving   normally   and   this› behavior  should  be  expected due to› the nature  of  the  application.  My› friend  also discovered that Wife 1.0› installed itself in such a  way  that› it  can  monitor  all  other   system› activity.  He  now  finds  that  some› programs  such  as  PokerNight  10.3,› BeerBash  5.1 and PubNight 7.0 cannot› run at  all.  If  attempts  to  lunch› them,  Wife  1.0  complains  about  a› sharing  violations  and  crashes. He› finds this behavior strange since  he› could  run  these  programs just fine› before the upgrade.›› At installation, he  found  Wife  1.0› provides  no  option  to  bypass  the› installation  of  undesired   add-ons› such    as   MotherInLaw   55.8   and› BrotherInLaw Beta Release.›› Some features he  wold  like  to  see› introduced  in  the upcoming Wife 2.0› release.›› 1. A "Don't Remind Me Again" button› 2. A Minimize button› 3. An Install Shield that allows Wife› 2.0  to  be  uninstalled  at  anytime› without  loss  of  cache   or   other› resources.› 3.  An  option  to  network driver in› share mode.›› I  have  decided  to  forgo  all  the› headaches associated with Wife 1.0 by› sticking    with    Girlfriend   3.0.› Hoverver, even that option  has  many› problems.    Aparently   you   cannot› install  one  version  of  Girlfriend› before you unistall the  old  version› first.  To  make  matters  worse, the› unistall program  doesn't  work  very› well,  leaving  undesirable traces of› the application in the system. If the› newer version finds a reference (text› / image file,  address)  to  the  old› version,  Girlfriend  will completely› freeze until you  reboot  and  remove› the  stray  reference. I am told this› is a long standing bug which I should› have been aware of.›› Also  versions  of  Girlfriend   have› conflicts  over shared use of the I/O› port. You think they would fix such a› stupid bug by now. Another thing that› stinks - all versions  of  Girlfriend› continually  popup  little   annoying› messages  about  the  advantages   of› upgrading to Wife 1.0›› BUG  WARNING.   Wife   1.0   has   an› undocumented  bug.  If  you  try   to› install    Mistress    1.0     before› uninstalling  Wife 1.0, Wife 1.0 will› delete all MSMoney  files  and  seize› your cache before doing the uninstall› itself. The Mistress 1.0 will  refuse› to  install,   claiming   insufficent› resources.›› BUG  WORKAROUNDS.  If  you can afford› it, try installing Mistress 1.0 on an› entirely  different  system and never› run any  file  transfer  apllications› such as LapLink 6.0. Another possible› solution would be to run Mistress 1.0› via an ISP under an anonymous name.›› >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>END<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<››