Windows Errors
Undocumented error codes
The following is a list of undocumented windows 95 error codes which
somehow got overlooked when printing the documentation.
*WinERR 001: Windows loaded - system in danger
*WinERR 002: No error - yet
*WinERR 003: Dynamic linking error - your mistake is in every file now
*WinERR 004: Erroneous error - nothing is wrong
*WinERR 005: Multitasking attempted - system confused
*WinERR 006: Malicious error - Desqview found on diskdrive
*WinERR 007: System price error - in anadaquate money spend on hardware
*WinERR 008: Broken window - watch out for glass fragments
*WinERR 009: Horrible bug encounterd - God knows what has happened
*WinERR 00A: Promotional literature overflow - mailbox full
*WinERR 00B: Inadequate disk space - free at least 50 MB
*WinERR 00C: Memory hog error - more RAM needed. More! More! More!
*WinERR 00D: Window open - do not look outside
*WinERR 00E: Window closed - do not look inside
*WinERR 00F: Unexplained error - please explain how this happened
*WinERR 010: Reserved for future mistakes by our developers
*WinERR 011: Unexpected error - huh?
*WinERR 012: Keyboard locked - try everything you can think of
*WinERR 018: Unrecoverable error - system has been destroyed. Buy a new
one. Old windows license is no longer valid
*WinERR 019: User error - not our fault. Is not! Is not!
*WinERR 01A: Operating system overwritten - please reinstall all your
software. we are very sorry
*WinERR 01B: Illegal error - you are not allowed to get this error. Next
time you will get a penalty for that
*WinERR 01C: Uncertainty error - uncertainty may be inadequate
*WinERR 01D: System crash - we are unable to figure out our own code
*WinERR 01E: Timing error - please wait, and wait, and wait
*WinERR 020: Error recording error codes - additional errors will be
lost
*WinERR 042: Virus error - A virus has been activated in a dos box. The
virus, however, requires windows. All tasks will be closed automaticly
and the virus will be activated again.
*WinERR 079: Mouse not found - A mouse driver has not been installed.
Please click left button to continue.
*WinERR 103: Error buffer overflow - too many errors encountered.
Additional errors will not be displayed or recorded.
*WinERR 678: This will end your windows session - do you want to play
another game?
*WinERR 683: Time out error - Operator fell asleep while waiting for
system to complete boot procedure
*WinERR 815: Insufficient memory - only 50.312.583 Bytes available