A software engineer wrote:
Subject: Failed Upgrade
Last year I upgraded from Girlfriend 7.0 to Wife 1.0 and noticed that the new
program began unexpected child processing that took up a lot of space and
valuable resources. No mention of this phenomenon was included in the product
brochure. In addition, Wife 1.0 installs itself into all other programs and
launches during system initialisation, where it monitors all other system
activity. Applications such as Smoking 10.3, 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 favourite
applications like Night Club 4.3, Dance 'n' Drink 2.0 and Bachelor Party 7.77. I
am thinking about going back to Girlfriend 7.0, but the uninstall does not work
on this program. Once I tried to uninstall Wife 1.0 but got this error: "General
Protection Fault in module House Security. The Un-installation will abort." Can
you help me, please?
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 Tour To Temple 1.0 are the best Third Party tools supported by Wife 1.0 to
allow it to run smoothly and effectively.
Best of luck!
