Eqmod Help

[triden]

I have installed and am trying to run EQMOD, but it throws up an error

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EQMODLX

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Component 'MSWINSCK.OCX' or one of its dependencies not correctly registered: a file is missing or invalid

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OK

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I'm on an Alienware MX17 laptop, running Windows 7. Anyone have any idea how I can fix this?

[RogerTheDodger]

Did you install the ASCOM drivers first?

[triden]

I did, yeah. I've even run the diagnostics, and that didn't show any errors.

[chrisshillito]

What version of EQMODLX have you installed? With the latest V1.08 version MSWINSCK.OCX should be installed and registered with windows automatically (the winsock actveX is a microsoft component but unlike XP, win7 doesn't include it in its standard install)

Chris

[triden]

I have V1.08. I've just tried reinstalling it, and am getting the same error

[chrisshillito]

Are you using win7 64 or 32?

For Win7 64 see

HelpDesk: How To Solve MSWINSCK.OCX Problem (Windows 7, 64bit)

Chris.

[triden]

Thanks for all the help everyone! I've finally found a fix!

After following the steps on the helpdesk site, I got another error -

DllRegisterServer failed with error code 0x8002801c

I searched this up, and found that if you run cmd.exe, and type regsvr32 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MSWINSCK.OCX it will successfully register. Again, thanks for the help, much appreciated!

[maub]

I have just had the same problem. But still has errors after entering - regsvr32 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MSWINSCK.OCX in the cmd.exe prog.

In order do this successfully you need to run cmd.exe as an administrator. Right click on cmd.exe and select "Run as administator"

[smeadows]

I had the same problems after installing EQMODLX v1.08 and got the following response from Chris on the Yahoo EQMOD group:

That's odd - MSWINSCK.OCX is a microsoft activex control that used to come as

part of the operating system itself but that microsoft later decided to drop.

The EQMODLX installer is supposed to install and register a copy of MSWINSCK.OCX

but there is also a copy in our files section you can use.

http://tech.groups.y...elease/EQMODLX/

Download and install it in your system32 directory and the register it with

windows by opening a command prompt in that directory and typing

regsvr32 mswinsck.ocx

Chris

I had to run cmd as administrator ( right click on it and pick run as administrator from the menu) in order to register the component.