lockettowl wrote: > thanks, I will try this and post how it turns out > The grades are kept locally on my computer, although they can also be posted online. And, yes, I'm using the basic (free) version of Thinkwave. > > Hopefully re-installing it will work Well, installing MDAC 2.8 does get it one step further, but it then complains again about not being able to open a file when you launch the application. You can then get past that by doing ... $ ./winetricks jet40 Now it fails with a runtime error everytime for me. Not too sure what might help now, other then filing a bug report. Unless someone else has some ideas?