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Allexandre Julliard, developers at WineHQ, officially announces the release of Wine 1.7.32 with new improvements and several bugfixes of previous releases. Well this is the another maintenance release, ranked 32nd in 1.7.x series. As you know that Wine is a program which allows you to run Windows applications in Linux and Mac systems.

According to official announcement, Wine 1.7.32 comes with new version of Mono engine and improved support for restoring display mode. It also includes few more functions implemented in MSHTML, font metrics improvements in DirectWrite and several other bugfixes. The City of Heroes game which earlier doesn't run if asked to use a dual core processor is fixed in this release. You can also download the source tarball of Wine 1.7.32 to compile it on your Linux Distros.

Among other major bugfixes, Wine 1.7.32 includes fixes for 3D graphics in Chessmaster 11 which are positioned incorrectly, every extend music does not play and IE7 crashes when an active X control is called. This release also includes fixes for Windows games like Demise, Dungeon Keeper 2 game, SolidWorks 2007, Mall Tycoon 2 Deluxe, WWIIOnline, Flux Family Secrets and NFS Porsche. We have also enlisted some of the major bugfixes below in this post. You might also like to check out other latest Software News on our website.

List of Bugfixes Made in Wine 1.7.32

- Multiple applications crash on unimplemented function USER32.dll.SetGestureConfig (Solitaire from Windows 7, Illustrator CC).
- The Master Genealogist 8.xx: Can't install because Installer buttons do not work.
- Futuremark 3DMark Vantage v1.1.0 crashes on start up.
- Opera: wine uses builtin save file dialog, fails to save file.
- Visual Studio 2010 fails on startup, .NET Framework 4.0 WPF message dispatcher unexpectedly receives messages (CoWaitForMultipleHandles, COWAIT_FLAGS, message pump).
- Directory Opus 10 locks up and crashes.
- Adobe CS4 installer fails (COM class factory for CLSID_NetFwOpenPort needed).
- Cabri II Plus 1.4 fails on startup.
- Microsoft Visual Studio Test Agent 2010 Configuration Tool crash when apply settings is performed.
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Applications installer crashes.
- iTunes 10.2.2 'DifXInstall32' sub-installer crashes on unimplemented function DIFXAPI.dll.SetDifxLogCallbackW.
- Open file window makes Photoshop CC crash.
- Adobe Photoshop CC file open dialog crashes the program.
- valgrind shows a leak in comdlg32/tests/printdlg.c.
- Mass Effect 3 [Origin] crash on startup (broken EA Origins in-game overlay/hook engine 'igo32.dll' needs 'opengl32.dll' prelinked < 2GB address range).
- Photoshop CC 2014 Open and Save dialog missing features.
- Set iframe's src failed.
- "We got a big error here" in Diablo 2 d2loader and wine >= 1.7.25.

These are some of the major bugfixes which are made in Wine 1.7.32 release. If you wish to check out complete list of all fixes then you must their official changelog page.

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Wine developers officially announces the release of Wine 1.7.21 with minor new features and several bug fixes of previous releases. This is another development version under 1.7 stable series and primarily includes several bug fixes. Yoou might also like to check out other latest Software News to know what's new in software world ?

According to official announcement, Wine 1.7.21 comes with support for critical sections in the C runtime along with support for interlaced PNG encoding. This release also includes initial stub for Packager library where as the Unicode data is updated to Unicode 7.0 version.

Apart from these few new changes, Wine 1.7.21 also includes several bug fixes. The Unity Web Player 2.1.0 which doesn't show graphics in browser is fixed in this release. We have also enlisted some of the major bug fixes made in Wine 1.7.21 release. You can also download the source tarball of Wine 1.7.21 to build or compile on your Linux distros.

List of Fixed Bugs in Wine 1.7.21

- Runes of Magic menus like EULA or login doesn't appear on some graphic cards.
- Word Pro : dashed "-" in parameters not resolved in command line.
- program "Antik Virtual set-top-box" crashes at startup.
- Steam client major lag.
- NewPGen : Doesn't restore from tray.
- Smilebox cannot be installed (web update fails).
- page fault when running SoftwarePhoenix.BIOS.Editor.Pro.2.2.0.2.45094.exe.
- python's test_startfile test fails.
- Improper audio selection.
- Dragon Age Awakening/Mass Effect 2 installers crash with ntdll error.
- Unigine Heaven Benchmark 2.0 lacks shadows and smoke in Wine in d3d.
- wine iexplore browserchoice.eu is not displayed.
- AT4RE FastScanner v3.0 exe scanning bug.
- AT4RE FastScanner v3.0 UI button rectangle bug.
- Runes of Magic 3.0.x: "ClientUpdater.exe" crashes sometimes during updates on MD5 checksum processing (squirrel virtual machine).
- Free download manager "Unknow network error" without native wininet.

These are some of the major bug fixes made in Wine 1.7.21 release. If you want to check out complete list of all bug fixes made in Wine 1.7.21 release, then you must visit their official changelog page.

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Wine developers officially announces the release of Wine 1.7.25 with minor improvements and bug fixes. This release is a maintenance release which primarily includes bug fixes which were reported since last release. It mainly contains fixes for apps and games which Windows support but creates problems while using them on Linux or Mac machines.

According to official announcement, Wine 1.7.25 comes with few more DirectWrite functions along with improvements in HTML table support. It also includes implementation of packet capture library and more VBScript math functions. The developers continously working to Windows games to be compatible with Linux distros. You can also download the source tarball of Wine 1.7.25 for your Linux Distros.

This release includes bug fixes for several Windows games like Medieval Total War, Space Empires V, Irfanview, ZENcast Organizer, Skype 3.5, Thief Deadly Shadows and JFlothows. We have enlisted below some of the major bug fixes which may notice in this release. You might also like to check out other latest Software News on our website.

List of Bug Fixes Made in Wine 1.7.25

- Registering after installing Roblox doesn't work.
- KeePass 1.09 crashes opening password database due to unimplemented bcrypt.dll.BCryptOpenAlgorithmProvider.
- Crash in Tales of Monkey Island.
- Python 2.6/2.7 crashes during run of 'PyInstaller' packaging application.
- CDBurnerXP 4.0.x exits with Wine-Mono when trying to enter data disc mode (needs COM/ActiveX host support).
- Bonzai3D crashes and freezes when project window is moved.
- OriginPro 8.0 crashes on startup.
- Some objects in Source games are black.
- Explorer++ doesn't open command prompt windows properly.
- World of Warcraft: crashes several seconds after logging in to a character.
- Mario Forever 5.0.1: fails to start.
- riched20/editor tests show a ton of valgrind warnings.
- riched20/tests/editor.ok: TRACE() of uninitialized value triggered by test_word_movement()?
- WebGallery 1.x: search throws access violation (XML document labelled UTF-16 but has UTF-8 content).
- Microshop 2.0 (.NET 2.0 app using System.Transactions) wants ole32 CoGetDefaultContext.
- Open General: corrupted tiles on the map.
- File path passed to linux application by winebrowser is mangled if it contains international characters.
- Magic MP3 Tagger crashes after adding a file.
- Project I.G.I: crashes when starting game.
- mshtml:htmldoc fails on most Windows systems.
- UltraVNC 1.1.9.6 installer fails.

These are some of the major bug fixes which you may notice while using Wine 1.7.25 on your machine. If you wish to check out complete list of all fixes then you must visit their official changelog page.

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Alexandre Julliard, developer at Wine, officially announces the release of Wine 1.7.37 with several bugfixes and new changes. Well like previous, this is the 37th maintenance release under 1.7.x branch which primarily includes Windows applications fixes and UTF improvements. This release overall includes 71 bugfixes.

According to official announcement, Wine 1.7.37 comes with support for UTF-7 encoding along with interface change of notifications. It also includes number of graphical fixes for themed controls and support for multi-channel audio. The Wininet now implemented on top of Win32 socket. You can also download the source tarball of Wine 1.7.37 to compile it on your machine.

Among other bugfixes, Wine 1.7.37 includes Ever17 requires the Courier New font, Flickering window title bar in Su Doku  Active in virtual desktop mode, IE8 UTF-7 doesn't work, multiple games need 'xapofx1_4.dll' audio effects component for XAudio2, RagTime 5.6.5 installer does not respond to mouseclicks properly. We have also enlisted some of the fixes of Wine 1.7.37 below in this post. You might also like to check out other latest Software News on our website.

List of Bugfixes Made in Wine 1.7.37

- Unigine Heaven DX11 Benchmark 3.0 Basic Edition: Ambient Occlusion causes graphical issue.
- Unhandled page fault while starting CEDAR Logic simulator (A wxWidgets Windows application).
- mixerGetDevCaps does not support mixer device handles.
- TomTom Home SatNav needs KERNEL32.dll.SetVolumeMountPointW.
- Guitar pro 6 hangs when saving a file.
- Kugou2012: crashes when installing.
- Many .NET and Silverlight applications require SIO_ADDRESS_LIST_CHANGE for interface change notifications.
- installer of PPTV hangs.
- Black background in PowerPoint 2003.
- PowerPoint 2003 hangs when opening test document.
- winmm:mci fails if the current directory is read-only.
- SolidWorks 2012 freezes.
- secur32: assertion failure in libgcrypt, when loding a page (wine iexplore).
- Skyrim: no sound after intro video in 64 bit wineprefix.
- Guild Wars: Crash on starting the game.
- GOG.com downloader mode fails in browser (unimplemented association query).
- Internet Chess Club (ICC) Dasher 1.5.x crashes on startup

These are some of the fixes which are made in Wine 1.7.37. If you wish to check out complete list of fixes then you must visit their official changelog page.

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Alexandre Julliard officially announces the release of Wine 1.7.31 with new changes and fixes. As you know that Wine is software which allows you to run Windows applications on Linux and Mac systems. Like as usual, this release also includes fixes for Windows Games to run properly on Linux and Mac system along with fixing of Windows app for Linux system.

According to official announcement, Wine 1.7.31 comes with new version of Gecko engine which is based on Mozilla Firefox 34 and also provides support for the Visual Studio 2013 version of the C/C++ runtimes. It also includes more font metrics support in DirectWrite along with some more Direct2D work along with seveark other bugfixes. You can also download the source tarball of Wine 1.7.31 to compile it on your Linux machines.

Among other fixes, Wine 1.7.31 includes fixed GRE Powerprep software crashes, fixed Microsoft Jet which was failed to install, fixed startup issue of Skype 6.6, fixed warhammer which faces issue of dark omen doesn't launch. The issue of Adobe Bridge CS2 compalins that it can't start due to licensing restrictions is now corrected. We have also enlisted some of the fixed below in this post. You might also like to check out other latest Software News on our website.

List of Bugfixes Made in Wine 1.7.31

- Microsoft Crimson Skies crashes after startup.
- ShipSimulator 2008 freezes after start playing (needs d3dx9_36.D3DXCreatePolygon).
- chaostheory music lack of drums.
- OpenGL anti-aliasing capabilities of graphics driver not exposed to Google Sketchup 7/8 (needs WGL_SWAP_COPY_ARB support).
- Hinterland fails to run, wine reports Unhandled page fault to NULL.
- wine gets some wrong charcodes on some keyboard mappings.
- Wine serial-handling consumes 100% CPU when using USB->Serial-converter.
- WoW 4.x D3D: Player shadow broken with orm=backbuffer.
- Alien Swarm: Can't join or create game, game hangs.
- Bionic Commando: Rearmed.  Dark foreground graphics.
- Unable to start qm.exe from state-machine.com website on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.
- EasyCash & Tax crashes when executing "Select New Datadirectory" menu entry.
- Virtual Sailor 7 settings screen: boats and scenery options are unavailable.
- FUEL: Abandoned Vehicles Do Not Appear where they should.
- MiPony crashes after startup with null pointer access in fire_event.

These are some of the fixes which are made in Wine 1.7.31 release. If you wish to check out complete list of fixes made in Wine 1.7.31 then you must visit their official changelog page.

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Wine is a software creates a compatibility layer which allows you to run Windows based applications directly on Unix-like operating systems. It provides software library also known as Winelib which allows developers to compile Windows applications to help port them to Unix-like systems. You might also like to check out other latest Software News on our website.

In today's HowTo Tutorial, we will discuss how to install Wine 1.7.34 using PPA on Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04, Kubuntu 14.10, Kubuntu 14.04, Xubuntu 14.10, Xubuntu 14.04, Linux Mint 17 and other PPA based Linux Distros.

Step Wise Installation of Wine 1.7.34 using PPA on Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Linux Mint and other PPA based Linux Distros

Step 1 : Open the terminal and run or copy the following command in terminal to add PPA for Wine 1.7.34 on your PPA based Linux Distros.

Step 2 : Next, run or copy the following command in terminal to update recently added PPA for Wine 1.7.34 in the software repository on your PPA based Linux Distros.

Step 3 : Finally, run or copy the following command in terminal to install latest stable Wine 1.7.34 and Winetricks on your PPA based Linux Distros.

After installation, now run any Windows based application with the help of Wine on your PPA based Linux Distros.

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Alexandre Julliard, developer at Wine, officially announces the release of Wine 1.7.26 with few improvements along with several bug fixes. This is another maintenance release under 1.7 series which includes improvements and fixes for Windows based games. This branch is still not stable because it still carries some issues which will be fixed by development team in near future.

According to official announcement, Wine 1.7.26 comes with few improvements to common file dialog along with number of C improvements. This release still includes more DirectWrite functions. It's performance get reduced when its theme is changed to vista inspirat. We have also enlisted some of the fixes below in this article. You can also download the source tarball of Wine 1.7.26 for compiling on your Linux Distros.

Among games fixes, Wine 1.7.26 includes MPQEdit 2.x crashes on startup if World of Warcraft 'wow.exe' process is already running, cannot manipulate the viewports in UnrealED 2, does not start after click "Play Game" button in Call of Atlantis, MetaTrader 4 'MetaEditor' tool has icon transparency problems, Live client launch fails in Final Fantasy XIV, Aeria Games 'Grand Fantasia' crashes on startup and Clash of Nations corrputs graphics in War Leaders. You might also like to check out other latest Software News on our website.

List of Bug Fixes Made in Wine 1.7.26

- gdi32:font test_fullname2() fails on Windows 7 in the French locale.
- Markets.com MetaTrader 4 crashes on startup.
- valgrind shows a definite leak in winemenubuilder/winemenubuilder.c.
- valgrind shows several warnings/leaks in d3dx9_36/tests/core.c.
- valgrind shows several leaks in d3dx9_36/tests/mesh.c.
- eRacer demo doesn't start, fails to load audio files.
- Adobe Creative Cloud: Adobe Application Manager crashes after signing in.
- Serif PhotoPlus X5 installation fails with dialog stating "this action is not supported, please use setup.exe".
- Git error message: "Tweaking file descriptors doesn't work with this MSVCRT.dll".
- QQ crashes because unimplemented function msvcr100.dll._strnset_s.
- Full Spectrum Warrior demo installer: 'Next' button has no effect after path selection (needs msi builtin 'OutOfNoRbDiskSpace' property).
- Assassin's Creed: wrong colors in the menus and in-game with built-in d3dx9_36.
- Norton Power Eraser: The procedure OpenEncryptedFileRawW could not be located in ADVAPI32.
- Rainbow Six Lockdown: screen shows garbage when anti-aliasing enabled.

These are some of the fixes which you may notice in Wine 1.7.26 release. If you wish to check out complete list of all fixes, then you must visit their official changelog page.

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Alexandre Julliard, developer at Wine, officially announces the release of Wine 1.7.28 with few improvements and fixes for Windows games for Linux. This is another development version under 1.7.x series which mainly includes total 21 fixes since Wine 1.7.27 release. This release doesn't include any new feature but provides fixes for few Windows applications and games.

According to official announcement, Wine 1.7.28 comes with support for conditional compilation in JavaScript, Bidirectional text support in DirectWrite, stubs for DirectPlay Voice support and several bug fixes. It also fixes steam crashes using ALSA, QuickBooks Premier 2011 crash on start, native dxdiag crashes with builtin quartz. We have also enlisted some of the bug fixes below in this post. You can also download the source tarball of Wine 1.7.28 to compile it on your Linux machines.

Among other bug fixes, Wine 1.7.28 includes fixes like different paper size enumerations between cloned printers, ApexDC fails to do file operations, Baltie educational programming language does not run. This release also includes fixes for applications like FileMaker Pro 11, Irfan view, CDBurnerXP 3.0, Rhapsody 4.0, SolidWorks 2014 installer and ToDoList 6.9.b12. You might also like to check out other latest Software News on our website.

List of Bug Fixes Made in Wine 1.7.28

- Segfault when trying to run Direct3D or OpenGL apps.
- Built in IE - U-Haul dealer network Point of Sale page unusable.
- Rhapsody 4.0 crashes on startup.
- SolidWorks 2014 installer needs ieframe IWebBrowser2::Refresh2.
- ToDoList 6.9.b12 (MFC app) crashes when deleting a task.
- Multiple applications/games fail to start with WinVer set to 'Windows 7' (FindFirstFileExW needs FIND_FIRST_EX_LARGE_FETCH support)(FotoQuelle Fotosoftware v4.13, QT5).
- Pale Moon Portable 24.7.x fails on startup, reporting "Couldn't load XPCOM" (needs msvcp110.dll '?_BADOFF@std@@3_JB' also exported for 32-bit arch).
- biet-o-matic 2.14.12: Crashes when past eBay item number with context menu.

These are some of the bug fixes which are made in Wine 1.7.28 release. If you wish to check out complete list of bug fixes then you must visit their official changelog page.

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