If you experience problems loading/running NCSS or PASS due to a runtime error 50003, a runtime error 7, or an out-of-string space message (or any other message on start up), your problems most likely stem from a bad file. You can download the current edition of NCSS which works around the problem completely or you can do the following to replace the bad file:

1. Find the following files in your Windows\System32 Directory:
Comctl32.ocx
Comdlg32.ocx
Csform32.ocx
Graphs32.ocx
H5ocx32.ocx
Vcf132.ocx
Vsocx32.ocx

2. Move each ocx file listed above from the Windows/System32 directory to another directory of your choice (such as OCX_Backup). Note, you must either move or delete the file since the file will not be replaced unless it is not found in the Windows/System32 directory. You can accomplish this using your Windows Explorer program.

3. Re-run the NCSS or PASS setup file which is on your CD or in the place where you downloaded it to.

This should take care of your problem.

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