http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21295
--- Comment #5 from Holly Bostick aka.motub@gmail.com 2010-01-09 18:30:55 --- I went to a friend's and attempted the install on XP. It works fine.
The problem seems to be that the Enter key is not being recognized under Wine, insofar as when I hit it (which of course I do, if only by reflex, when inputting a text field such as that), there is no further response from the installer, as opposed to XP where the key is accepted, the validation window disappears and the install proceeds in the main installer window.
Hitting Enter is so reflexive to me that I didn't realize that I had to mention, in the first case, or indeed that it was itself the problem (after further testing).
I notice that the only other bugs/issues associated with Painkiller seem to be keyboard related; is it possible that the issue extends to the installer as well?
I also tried setting the installer to Win2000 and 98; no effect.
Is there any native override that might resolve the lack of recognition of the Enter key in this window?
In any case, although I was wrong about the reason, I seem to have labeled the issue correctly. The non-recognition of the Enter key prevents the CD Key from being submitted and accepted, therefore the install does not proceed.
Can someone confirm or suggest a workaround?