wine users - Nov 2010 - Wine fails

Hey,

I installed the latest wine on my Ubuntu 10.10 OS but it doesn't function
properly. I have tried several times to reinstall it but still it behaves
weirdly. For example,when i click on the configure wine option,the configuration
window takes 2 minutes to appear which I think is an indication of a
malfunction. I recently tried to install Office 2007 using this wine i have
(wine 1.3.7) but the installation process fails before it completes. Lastly,
when i click on drivers in the configuration window, i get this message,
'Failed to connect to the mount manager,the driver configuration cannot be
edited'
 
Can anyone please tell me what's wrong with my wine? and what i can do to
solve the issue and make it work faster and efficiently?

P.S I already reinstalled it 11 times

http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#uninstall

Second item.

lithupa wrote:
> I recently tried to install Office 2007 using this wine i have (wine 1.3.7)
but the installation process fails before it completes.
That was a regression in 1.3.7. It's fixed in 1.3.8; upgrade. Delete ~/.wine
before you run the installer after upgrading.