Good idea. I have upgraded to 1.3.33 but the error persists (again a fresh install....): [eric@Prajna ~]$ cd .wine/drive_c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/Radio-SkyPipe\ II/ [eric@Prajna Radio-SkyPipe II]$ wine --version wine-1.3.33 [eric@Prajna Radio-SkyPipe II]$ wine start SkyPipeII.exe fixme:exec:SHELL_execute flags ignored: 0x00000100 [eric@Prajna Radio-SkyPipe II]$ err:ntdll:RtlpWaitForCriticalSection section 0x7bcbe8e0 "loader.c: loader_section" wait timed out in thread 0024, blocked by 0023, retrying (60 sec) [eric@Prajna Radio-SkyPipe II]$ err:seh:raise_exception Unhandled exception code c0000194 flags 0 addr 0x7bc362ac err:ntdll:RtlpWaitForCriticalSection section 0x7bcbe8e0 "loader.c: loader_section" wait timed out in thread 0024, blocked by 0023, retrying (60 sec) err:seh:raise_exception Unhandled exception code c0000194 flags 0 addr 0x7bc362ac NOTE: this is a VB program. Is there any tricks to ensure that a VB program runs propely? Some DLL or what?