if youre still looking to s off,you prolly casn use rumrunner,wich will not require the wire trick,and thus is quite a bit easier on the user.
the amaze should have a new enough kernel for it to work. it worked on the rezound,wich is a similar device.
it will require you to unlock the bootloader via htcdev,and then flash a custom rom with an insecure kernel(a feature of most custom roms).
there are windows downloads,but IMO the process is much smoother and reliable on linux,so still consider the ubuntu live cd.
just holler if you have any questions
http://rumrunner.us/