F_style wrote: > > I noticed that, even with last 1.5 versions of Wine, the default OS original Wine prefix emulates is stil Windows XP. Maybe there's a good reason to keep it as it is, Most apps work with that setting. > Are Windows applications affected very much by the prefix's emulated Windows version? Some are. Office 2007/2010 can't save files if the setting is above XP. > Is it just a matter of changing the setting in winecfg, > Yes. And you can change it globally or per app.