Right you are! The newer versions of wine (0.9.xx series) do not seem to be able to run office apps correctly. I have not been able to get msaccess to run ("will not start because there is no license for it on this machine") since at least version 0.9 was introduced. Word on my system just locks up if I attempt to save a document. I do not use word (i use openoffice instead even though it takes forever to start) and had not used access for some time but recently had a need for it & discovered that it doesn't work any more. I have been trying to find out if others were having problems before I put in a bug report. I suggest you put in a bug report at winebugs about word. _______________________________________________ wine-users mailing list wine-users@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.winehq.org/mailman/listinfo/wine-users