Got an error with Windows? Check out this little list of every single error code and their meaning. If you encouter any one unlisted here, then let us know ...


WinErr: 001 Windows loaded - System in danger

WinErr: 002 No Error - Yet

WinErr: 003 Dynamic linking error - Your mistake is now in every file

WinErr: 004 Erroneous error - Nothing is wrong

WinErr: 005 Multitasking attempted - System confused

WinErr: 006 Malicious error - Desqview found on drive

WinErr: 007 System price error - Inadequate money spent on hardware

WinErr: 008 Broken window - Watch out for glass fragments

WinErr: 009 Horrible bug encountered - God knows what has happened

WinErr: 00A Promotional literature overflow - Mailbox full

WinErr: 00B Inadequate disk space - Free at least 50MB

WinErr: 00C Memory hog error - More Ram needed. More! More! More!

WinErr: 00D Window closed - Do not look outside

WinErr: 00E Window open - Do not look inside

WinErr: 00F Unexplained error - Please tell us how this happened

WinErr: 010 Reserved for future mistakes by our developers

WinErr: 013 Unexpected error - Huh ?

WinErr: 014 Keyboard locked - Try anything you can think of.

WinErr: 018 Unrecoverable error - System has been destroyed. Buy a new
            one. Old Windows licence is not valid anymore.

WinErr: 019 User error - Not our fault. Is Not! Is Not!

WinErr: 01A Operating system overwritten - Please reinstall all your
            software. We are terribly 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. 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 automatically
            be closed and the virus will be activated again.

WinErr: 079 Mouse not found - A mouse driver has not been installed.
            Please click the left mouse button to continue.

WinErr: 103 Error buffer overflow - Too many errors encountered.
            Additional errors may 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 the
            system to complete boot procedure.

WinErr: 625 Working Error - The system has been working perfectly for the
            past ten minutes

WniErr: 902 Screen Error - The system is working perfectly, I'm not
            lying, your monitor is wrong

WinErr: 72a Crucial Halt - Hang on, WHAT was that?

WinErr: 72b Memory Error - What? Tell me again.

WinErr: 39c Disk Error in drive a: - Although your disk is in perfect
            condition (I just formatted it), I don't like it any more

WinErr: 983 Hard Disk Error - The files on the hard disk were neatly
            arranged and fully optimised, so I had to mess them up and put
            a couple of hundred .TMP files all over the place

WinErr: 294 BlackMail Error - $500 to Gates or your computer gets screwed

WinErr: 294b BlackMail Error - $500 to Gates or I'll show your wife the
             JPG's you just downloaded