[Wine] Wine crashes

[FaNtM]

ive read the FAQ and saw that a common problem with emulating games is system freezes/seizures. i followed the FAQ and re-installed my graphics drivers with no success. i think i must be missing something when trying to run wine, but i dont know what it is because this is my first ever Linux install.
i cannot run any type of .exe without it freezing my system entirely- i have to restart it. any help would be greatly appreciated.