Last year, my friend upgraded his GirlFriend3.1 to GirlFriendPlus1.0 (marketing name: Fiancee1.0). Recently he upgraded Fiancee1.0 to Wife1.0 and it's a memory hogger, it has taken all his space; and Wife1.0 must be running before he can do anything. Although he did not ask for it, Wife1.0 came with Plug-Ins such as MotherInLaw and BrotherInLaw. Some features I'd like to see in the Upcomming GirlFriend4.0... - A "Don't remind me again" button - Minimize button - Shutdown feature - An install shield feature so that Girlfriend4.0 can be completely uninstalled if so desired (so you don't lose cache and other objects) I tried running girlfriend 2.0 with girlfriend 1.0 still installed, they tried using the same i/o port and conflicted. Then I tried to unistall girlfriend 1.0 but it didn't have an uninstall program. I tried to unstall it by hand, but it put files in my system directory. Another thing that sucks in all versions of girlfriend that I've used is that it is totally "object orientated" and only supported 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. ===================================================================== ====================================================================== ============================ Actually Microsoft is re-releasing Bob as a similar product. It is called Boyfriend95. --------------- System requirement: Works with Windows95 and WindowsNT, but has been known to operate where there merely is heat. System specification: Boyfriend95 is part calendar, part organizer, part Rorschach test, part weight scale. It will tell you much more about yourself than you ever wanted to know. And it will keep a historical record of your weight, even if you ask it not to. Boyfriend95 can be programmed to remember your user preferences, important birthdays and anniversaries, however it can't do anything with this information. If you spend enough time programming it, you might be able to get it to dial 1-800-FLOWERS on these occasions, but so far we haven't found a user that wanted to trust it with either a phone or a credit card. If you connect it to a T-1 line, Boyfriend95 will work across the Internet. It will meet other programs and exchange bits with them when you're not around. Boyfriend95 is in fact guaranteed to do this at least once. If you have the beta version of Boyfriend95, you will find that it actually does this quite frequently. This, however, could end up infecting your software, so we don't recommend you install the beta. Wait for a better version to be available. To aid its navigation abilities, Boyfriend95 comes with a built in GPS device. With this device it can find out the exact latitude and longitude of its location at all times, anywhere in the world. Again, it doesn't know how to apply this information in gettting from one location to another, but in the current version we solved this problem by having it simply act as if it knows what it is doing. (Note: A future version will include a work around where it actually asks for directions, but this version's conversational skills are too limited to attempt anything like that) Known bugs: During weak moments you actually might think its human. Don't make this mistake. Installation notes: If you find you are having problems with your installation of Boyfriend95, you can just uninstall it and go back to Bob. However Bob is just basically a big smiley face that stares at you all day, and none of your friends liked him anyway. So we would suggest you instead work on the current installation. With enough advanced programming you should get it to work the way you want it to. For additional support please contact the manufacturer.