Tried playing with various versions of the Win media player - got nowhere - might be VB5 that is not fully WINE supported.

You need to check the Wine APP DB, getting M$'s own software to run in Wine seems not to be straightforward. It's almost as if they don't adhere to their own standards.

Wine APP DB: http://appdb.winehq.org/

Pavane,

While virtual box seems to be the best way to go if you are swapping frequently between Windows and Linux, it does require that you have a version of Windows to install. If you do not, and since WinXP windows stopped issuing CD's with the OS on them, then you may be better to opt for dual boot - unless you can "acquire" a copy of Windows from some source. I run a dual boot system and it works fine. I spent a lot of time tidying up WinXP and removing redundant software so it would boot up quickly. I replaced AVG free with Panda Cloud AV and that had a significant effect on load times and it also means no updates to virus definitions to download as they are stored online.

You also may find it worth taking some time to get to know Linux before you start looking at Harmony in Wine. They do things differently in Linux land. When I changed over about 18 months ago, it took quite a bit of time and effort to find my way round.