Problem:
"The ordinal 77 could not be loaded in dynamic link library utils.dll” shown when starting Visual COBOL for Eclipse.
Resolution:
This can be related to other software being installed on the same machine that also uses the same utils.dll file which the Visual COBOL Product uses for normal operation. As an example the Dell Unified Wireless Suite uses a utils.dll, if you are using this Dell software you can consider to uninstall this and installing just the wireless card driver as per http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/laptop/f/3518/t/19595964
The issue is caused by a filename clash and the 3rd party product not locating its version of this file correctly.