http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31230
--- Comment #2 from martindonal@gmail.com 2012-07-16 20:53:01 CDT --- Thank you Bruno,
I did try to look for anything similar before posting the bug report but it's difficult with so many possible Windows programs going wrong on the same bug.
it does seem really like 31204 and possibly 30926 although that one involved a printer.
I hope that version 1.5.9 will fix it.