Hello, I was just trying around when I wondered about a 480MB user.reg - for just 3 or 4 programs that I use regularly?! So, I deleted it, and no more hanging around. I tried the debugging option, but only the fixme messages were visible. After removing the user.reg it works fine now, same constellation as in my first post, but no more freezing it. Its really only Steam (with its games), mIRC.exe and Diablo II that I run with wine. I have absolutely no idea how a 480MB user.reg can build up... Still, the fixme:alsa:AudioClient_GetMixFormat Don't know what to do with 10000 channels, pretending there's only 2 channels message appears again, as always... Regards!