sanjeev.kulkarni wrote: > /home/sanjeev/>su //installing as root Don't. Running as root is really bad idea. Especially running Wine. sanjeev.kulkarni wrote: > /home/sanjeev/>wine wmicore.EXE Native WMI won't work on Wine. It talks to kernel directly which won't work on Wine. If Wine's WMI doesn't have what you need - either implement/stub it yourself, or don't use such software on Wine.