http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6956
------- Additional Comments From fpga@pacbell.net 2007-13-01 13:55 ------- I have my doubts whether the lack of Shockwave is the cause. But you could try going to: http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=Shockwave&... You can get to there by http://www.adobe.com/downloads/ Then clicking shockwave, followed be the "Standalone Installer" link in the instructions. The downloaded file, Shockwave_Installer_Slim.exe, runs fine under Wine and installs the SwSupport.dll dll into windows/system32/Macromed/Common. And the TaxCut installer does find it then. In general, you can find out what DLLs are found by setting the WINEDEBUG environment variable to +loaddll. It would be interesting to know what happens next on a real Windows system. On my Win2000 system, I also get the splash screen, followed by the grey window. So I am assuming at that point it should attempt to read another file off the CD.
When running the installer, be sure to for change to the CD directory, that is: cd /mnt/cdrom (or wherever) and then wine TaxCut.exe Some installers are picky about that.
I'll poke around a bit more and see if anything jumps out at me.