http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17536
--- Comment #7 from Ken Sharp kennybobs@o2.co.uk 2009-04-18 03:56:37 --- Interesting/amusingly the same error occurs on Windows Server 2003, Windows XP x64 and Windows Vista. Googling around suggests it's a change in how those OS handle copy protection, but I can't imagine Fahrenheit has copy protection on its demo, but it is possible.
Workaround for Scrabble Online.
1. Download Orca MSI Editor (needs MFC42). http://www.technipages.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/orca.Msi
2. Copy CD to hard drive.
3. Add write permissions to "Scrabble Online.msi" and open in Orca.
4. Find InstallUISequence and remove the line which reads DX9_Launcher.A545835B_7768_4D96_A5BC_930949616C2D
This should work with other apps affected, depending on what kind of copy protection is initiated during install.
Can I nominate this for 1.2? Although it's not major, a user moving from 1.0 to 1.2 without this bug fixed would see this regression.