Product:
Cognos Controller 10.1
Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 server

Symptom:
When try to convert a older cognos controller database, you get a error when you run the DbConv program from the folder D:\Program Files (x86)\ibm\cognos\c10\legacy.

Error Message:
DbConv Error
ERROR 429 (Hex 1AD):
ActiveX component can’t create object

Database Upgrade is aborted due to error in processing Step 755.
Error – 429 ActiveX component can’t create object
Current DB Version is 754

Cause:
During the install of Cognos Controller 10.1 on the Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 server some files was not correct registered.

Solution:

1. Logon to the Controller application server as an administrator
2. Launch Windows Explorer, and navigate to the folder: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\common
3. Right-click on the file “Xceedzip.dll” and choose “properties”. Check the file size. It should be approximately 278 KB. If it is 0 Kb then the file is corrupt and will need to be replaced.
4. Navigate to the folder: \Common (this can be: D:\Program Files (x86)\ibm\cognos\c10\common)
5. Right-click on the file “FrCrypto.dll” and choose “properties”. Check the file size. It should be approximately 29 KB. If it is 0 Kb then the file is corrupt and will need to be replaced.
6. Launch a command prompt by clicking “Start” – “Run” and then typing in “CMD”
7. Change directory using: cd C:\Windows\SysWOW64\common
8. Register the file using: regsvr32.exe xceedzip.dll
9. Change directory to the c8\common folder (for example using: cd “D:\Program Files (x86)\ibm\cognos\c10\common”)
10. Register the file using: regsvr32.exe FrCrypto.dll