Mr Michele De Nardo

FAILED UPGRADE

Last modified: 16 July 2001

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 initialization, 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 favorite 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 Uninstallation 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!