[Wine] install failure - new issues

[Andrew]

On Sun, May 06, 2007 at 09:03:37PM -0700, Dan Kegel wrote:
> Andrew wrote:
> >Hello, i am trying to install "Middle School Success Essentials"
> >from Topics Education, on my 0.9.28 wine installation,
> >which works OK with some MS progs.
> >
> >The initial (unpacking?) progress bar completes and then i get
> >the error below, without any recourse. Does anyone have any ideas?
> >(FWIW, the error is shown in the installer box when you click on the
> >"Details" button).
> >
> >java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 0
> >	at sun.util.calendar.ZoneInfoFile.createZoneInfo(Unknown Source)
> 
> That looks like
> http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5040
> which was fixed in wine-0.9.32 or so.  Please try updating
> to the latest wine (or, well, wine-0.9.33, which was a good vintage)
> and let us know if it works better.

I upgraded wine to 0.9.36, and that solved the java problem, it seems.

However, other problems surfaced:

Problem 1
I installed the Encyclopedia Britannica from CD #1, and it runs; however, the fonts are screwed up. 
Here is a snapshot of the window, bearing the weird fonts: http://www.flight.us/misc/crazy_font_britannica.jpg

Problem 2
CD #3, "English Composition I & II", installed seemingly OK. However, it does not run, giving this error:

err:module:import_dll Library MaestroWinReg.dll (which is needed by L"Z:\\mnt\\cdrom\\Launcher.exe") not found
err:module:LdrInitializeThunk Main exe initialization for L"Z:\\mnt\\cdrom\\Launcher.exe" failed, status c0000135

I searched for "MaestroWinReg.dll" and it doesn't seem to be on my hard drive.

(Quasi-)Problem 3
Trying to install CD #5 (Mathematics), i get:

libGL warning: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x4b
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 or higher version must be installed prior to installing Microsoft .NET Framework.  Please install Internet Explorer 5.01 and then run setup again.

Is it fairly easy to install IExplorer? Given Microsoft's measures to control installation processes remotely, verify OS license, etc.? 

Thanks!
Andrew