On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 03:51, FaNtM <wineforum-user@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > ive read the FAQ and saw that a common problem with emulating games is system freezes/seizures. i followed the FAQ and re-installed my graphics drivers with no success. i think i must be missing something when trying to run wine, but i dont know what it is because this is my first ever Linux install. > i cannot run any type of .exe without it freezing my system entirely- i have to restart it. any help would be greatly appreciated. Wine, as a non privileged application, shouldn't cause any system freeze. Generally, those are due to bad display drivers