Thanks for a very concise and well worded answer James, "You must have access to the original CD and a method of transferring ISO images to your netbook. " Brilliant! I have these things. Unfortunately, I am ignorant. I have looked (line by line) on both http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ and http://www.winehq.org/docs/wineusr-guide/index, to no avail. Where may I find the "FAQ on how to run programs without a CD"? Thanks again.