http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25164
--- Comment #15 from Jörg Höhle hoehle@users.sourceforge.net 2012-02-24 04:33:40 CST --- What about current Wine? The audio back ends were rewritten mid-2011. Does it appear if you avoid PulseAudio, for instance with the new registry key to have winealsa open "plug:dmix" instead of "default"? Bug #29369 is about a strange situation where moving back and forth between screens stops sound only with PA. Your issue sounds more like a DSound notification / PA / window manager issue. What if you disable or enable HW emulation in winecfg's audio tab in wine < ~1.3.30 (that setting is gone since approximately that version)?