At the time I opened the bug that would not have done any good, the only thing I could have said at that time is that it failed on WinHttpOpen.
That's not quite no good. Just knowing that more than one app depends on winhttp is often useful.
Would you mind pointing me in the direction of Zac's patches?
Not at all. You might try this series: http://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-patches/2008-July/058088.html --Juan