thanx for insight I loaded wine and tried to find version info and the help but this is what I get instead. From the looks of things it looks like I have a few errors here. Can someone looks this info over and tell me if I am correct? > krraleigh-PC:/etc/apt# wine --help > Usage: wine PROGRAM [ARGUMENTS...] Run the specified program > wine --help Display this help and exit > wine --version Output version information and exit > krraleigh-PC:/etc/apt# wine -version > wine: created the configuration directory '/root/.wine' > err:alsa:ALSA_CheckSetVolume Could not find 'PCM Playback Volume' element > err:alsa:ALSA_CheckSetVolume Could not find 'PCM Playback Volume' element > fixme:mixer:ALSA_MixerInit No master control found on CA0106, disabling mixer > Could not load Mozilla. HTML rendering will be disabled. > wine: configuration in '/root/.wine' has been updated. > wine: could not load L"C:\\windows\\system32\\-version.exe": Module not found It looks like my audio mixer has been disabled, and that I won't be able to run browsers. Is this correct? What to do... insight appreciated thank you Kevin