http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6297
jim jimportal@gmail.com changed:
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--- Comment #30 from jim jimportal@gmail.com 2007-12-05 13:01:39 --- I agree with Stefan Dösinger in that the this bug should be closed with WONTFIX. I don't believe this is a Wine bug. I've seen this problem manifest itself while running steam under Windows XP. There have even been bug fixes by the Steam folks at Valve regarding this problem. Google it. It's not just Wine users who have the problem.
http://www.steamgames.com/v/index.php?area=news&id=996&cc=US
In my case, in both Windows and Wine, the work around was to wait a second or two and try again. The bug usually pops up once per steam session (for me), just enough to be annoying.