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Just the other day, I had a problem running an important application for work. Windows tells me that crstl32.ocx is not registered even though the file is present in the c:\windows\system32 folder, so I did a little digging in the internet, here what I found out.

crstl32.ocx is a Crystal Report files and the reason it will not register is because it is missing one or more dependencies files.

Simple steps to solving crystl32.ocx problem

1. Make sure the file crystl32.ocx exist on your system; you can do this by do a search of the file in your system folder ( c:\windows\system for win95/98/ME  c:\windows\system32 for WinXP/NT)

2. Download the utility Dependencies Walker to troubleshoot the problem http://community.seagatesoftware.com/communityCS/FilesAndUpdates/depends20.zip

3. Point the utility to the crystl32.ocx file on your system; the utility will list out all the system files that are needed for crystl32.ocx to register.

4. Copy the missing files from other system or download from the internet.

5. Finally, type this in the command prompt (click Start–>Run–>command.com)

          regsvr32.exe c:\windows\system32\crystl32.ocx

6. Your application should be working now

There are many ways to access your computer remotely.

One of the method which I found is by using VNC.  VNC stands for Virtual Network Computing . It is a software which allows you to view and fully interact with your computer desktop using a simple program (vnc viewer) on another computer desktop anywhere on the internet. The two computer doesn’t have to be of the same type or running the same operation system for them to be able to comunicate, for example you can access a computer running WindowsXP by using a MAC. You can even view and control the remote desktop by using a JAVA enabled browser.

There are various uses of VNC that I can think of ranging from academic uses to computer troubleshooting.

You can get a free version of VNC at the following address  www.realvnc.com