A couple of things I forgot, but feel I should mention.

Although one installs Wine as root and does some minimal global
configuration, each user must do their own configuration. Windows
software needs to be installed as user, not as root. If there is
more than one user on the system, the installation of software must
be done for each user (per the licenses).

Secondly, if you have VBS active in your MSWord or are using IE and
other Windows software under Wine that are open to infection, you
do need to take the same precautions on a Linux system that you
would on a Windows system to protect against the Win32 viruses and
such.

Wine is fully capable of executing Win32 viruses, Trojans, and 
worms. Don't run Wine as root after it is installed. Then, you 
won't hurt the overall Linux system, although you will still be 
able to really mess up your user stuff if a virus gets executed.

Happy holidays,
deedee

Registered Linux User #327485
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Also, see WordStar Users Group Community
http://www.wordstar2.com/WordStar_Users/index.php

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