Running "Windows Only" games in WINE

[John Dangler]

On Sat, 2006-08-26 at 14:07 -0700, mike williams wrote:
> You all know that some games have to read the copy protection on the
> disc needed to actually run the game. Well,this is where i hit a
> problem. Wine doesn't have a problem detecting the disc drive,but when
> it goes to authenticate the disc,it fails.However,the disc im trying
> to use(Warcraft 3:Reign of Chaos) is valid because I've tried it on my
> friend's Windows XP and it accepts the disc(It is the valid disc since
> its the one I actually bought,not just a burned copy).Anyone out there
> know how i can either get around the disc check or fix it so it
> actually works?
> 
I've had to stop using wine, since it really doesn't appear to do much,
other than office and photoshop...

I've been told by some of the members here about vmware, and, from what
I've read so far, seems to be a better choice.