[Bug 14798] ETax 2008 cannot verify

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http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14798


David Griffith <dgriffith at internode.on.net> changed:

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--- Comment #6 from David Griffith <dgriffith at internode.on.net>  2008-08-28 05:33:10 ---
It appears that the class 76a64158-cb41-11d1-8b02-00600806d9b6 interfaces with
windows' WMI layer (Windows Management Interface). Google the class ID and WMI
for more info. 

I suspect the app wants to find it's local (or public-internet) IP address for
some reason. Why? I don't know. Why via WMI? I don't know that either. I'm just
a guy looking to do his tax. :-p

But I do know that disabling the WMI service under XP causes exactly the same
issue (failure of ID verification, and subsequent failure of prefill/tax
lodgement), as I used a  cut-down XP under virtualBox to do my tax this year
when I couldn't submit my return under wine.

Basically, the verification stage needs to work to establish your bona-fides
with the Tax Office, so they can issue you with a passkey for later submission
of your return electronically. Testers should be able to get to the
verification page (either at the lodgement stage at the end, or the prefill
stage near the beginning) - it will ask for some personal details and some
details from correspondence that the Tax Office has sent you previously.
Obviously if you don't have those details you cannot continue, but the presence
of a non-blank page with some fields to fill in is all you need to confirm
operation.


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