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  • 5770x00000241 · 0x241
    ERROR_INVALID_IMAGE_HASH

    Windows cannot verify the digital signature for this file. A recent hardware or software change might have installed a file that is signed incorrectly or damaged, or that might be malicious software from an unknown source.

    MicrosoftWindows Win32
  • 5780x00000242 · 0x242
    ERROR_NO_PAGEFILE

    {No Paging File Specified} No paging file was specified in the system configuration.

    MicrosoftWindows Win32
  • 5790x00000243 · 0x243
    ERROR_ILLEGAL_FLOAT_CONTEXT

    {EXCEPTION} A real-mode application issued a floating-point instruction and floating-point hardware is not present.

    MicrosoftWindows Win32
  • 5800x00000244 · 0x244
    ERROR_NO_EVENT_PAIR

    An event pair synchronization operation was performed using the thread specific client/server event pair object, but no event pair object was associated with the thread.

    MicrosoftWindows Win32
  • 5810x00000245 · 0x245
    ERROR_DOMAIN_CTRLR_CONFIG_ERROR

    A Windows Server has an incorrect configuration.

    MicrosoftWindows Win32
  • 5820x00000246 · 0x246
    ERROR_ILLEGAL_CHARACTER

    An illegal character was encountered. For a multi-byte character set this includes a lead byte without a succeeding trail byte. For the Unicode character set this includes the characters 0xFFFF and 0xFFFE.

    MicrosoftWindows Win32
  • 5830x00000247 · 0x247
    ERROR_UNDEFINED_CHARACTER

    The Unicode character is not defined in the Unicode character set installed on the system.

    MicrosoftWindows Win32
  • 5840x00000248 · 0x248
    ERROR_FLOPPY_VOLUME

    The paging file cannot be created on a floppy diskette.

    MicrosoftWindows Win32
  • 5850x00000249 · 0x249
    ERROR_BIOS_FAILED_TO_CONNECT_INTERRUPT

    The system BIOS failed to connect a system interrupt to the device or bus for which the device is connected.

    MicrosoftWindows Win32
  • 5860x0000024A · 0x24A
    ERROR_BACKUP_CONTROLLER

    This operation is only allowed for the Primary Domain Controller of the domain.

    MicrosoftWindows Win32
  • 5870x0000024B · 0x24B
    ERROR_MUTANT_LIMIT_EXCEEDED

    An attempt was made to acquire a mutant such that its maximum count would have been exceeded.

    MicrosoftWindows Win32
  • 5880x0000024C · 0x24C
    ERROR_FS_DRIVER_REQUIRED

    A volume has been accessed for which a file system driver is required that has not yet been loaded.

    MicrosoftWindows Win32
  • 5890x0000024D · 0x24D
    ERROR_CANNOT_LOAD_REGISTRY_FILE

    {Registry File Failure} The registry cannot load the hive (file): %hs or its log or alternate. It is corrupt, absent, or not writable.

    MicrosoftWindows Win32
  • 5900x0000024E · 0x24E
    ERROR_DEBUG_ATTACH_FAILED

    {Unexpected Failure in DebugActiveProcess} An unexpected failure occurred while processing a DebugActiveProcess API request. You may choose OK to terminate the process, or Cancel to ignore the error.

    MicrosoftWindows Win32
  • 5910x0000024F · 0x24F
    ERROR_SYSTEM_PROCESS_TERMINATED

    {Fatal System Error} The %hs system process terminated unexpectedly with a status of 0x%08x (0x%08x 0x%08x). The system has been shut down.

    MicrosoftWindows Win32
  • 5920x00000250 · 0x250
    ERROR_DATA_NOT_ACCEPTED

    {Data Not Accepted} The TDI client could not handle the data received during an indication.

    MicrosoftWindows Win32
  • 5930x00000251 · 0x251
    ERROR_VDM_HARD_ERROR

    NTVDM encountered a hard error.

    MicrosoftWindows Win32
  • 5940x00000252 · 0x252
    ERROR_DRIVER_CANCEL_TIMEOUT

    {Cancel Timeout} The driver %hs failed to complete a cancelled I/O request in the allotted time.

    MicrosoftWindows Win32
  • 5950x00000253 · 0x253
    ERROR_REPLY_MESSAGE_MISMATCH

    {Reply Message Mismatch} An attempt was made to reply to an LPC message, but the thread specified by the client ID in the message was not waiting on that message.

    MicrosoftWindows Win32
  • 5960x00000254 · 0x254
    ERROR_LOST_WRITEBEHIND_DATA

    {Delayed Write Failed} Windows was unable to save all the data for the file %hs. The data has been lost. This error may be caused by a failure of your computer hardware or network connection. Please try to save this file elsewhere.

    MicrosoftWindows Win32
  • 5970x00000255 · 0x255
    ERROR_CLIENT_SERVER_PARAMETERS_INVALID

    The parameter(s) passed to the server in the client/server shared memory window were invalid. Too much data may have been put in the shared memory window.

    MicrosoftWindows Win32
  • 5980x00000256 · 0x256
    ERROR_NOT_TINY_STREAM

    The stream is not a tiny stream.

    MicrosoftWindows Win32
  • 5990x00000257 · 0x257
    ERROR_STACK_OVERFLOW_READ

    The request must be handled by the stack overflow code.

    MicrosoftWindows Win32
  • 6000x00000258 · 0x258
    ERROR_CONVERT_TO_LARGE

    Internal OFS status codes indicating how an allocation operation is handled. Either it is retried after the containing onode is moved or the extent stream is converted to a large stream.

    MicrosoftWindows Win32
  • 6010x00000259 · 0x259
    ERROR_FOUND_OUT_OF_SCOPE

    The attempt to find the object found an object matching by ID on the volume but it is out of the scope of the handle used for the operation.

    MicrosoftWindows Win32
  • 6020x0000025A · 0x25A
    ERROR_ALLOCATE_BUCKET

    The bucket array must be grown. Retry transaction after doing so.

    MicrosoftWindows Win32
  • 6030x0000025B · 0x25B
    ERROR_MARSHALL_OVERFLOW

    The user/kernel marshalling buffer has overflowed.

    MicrosoftWindows Win32
  • 6040x0000025C · 0x25C
    ERROR_INVALID_VARIANT

    The supplied variant structure contains invalid data.

    MicrosoftWindows Win32
  • 6050x0000025D · 0x25D
    ERROR_BAD_COMPRESSION_BUFFER

    The specified buffer contains ill-formed data.

    MicrosoftWindows Win32
  • 6060x0000025E · 0x25E
    ERROR_AUDIT_FAILED

    {Audit Failed} An attempt to generate a security audit failed.

    MicrosoftWindows Win32
  • 6070x0000025F · 0x25F
    ERROR_TIMER_RESOLUTION_NOT_SET

    The timer resolution was not previously set by the current process.

    MicrosoftWindows Win32
  • 6080x00000260 · 0x260
    ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_LOGON_INFO

    There is insufficient account information to log you on.

    MicrosoftWindows Win32
  • 6090x00000261 · 0x261
    ERROR_BAD_DLL_ENTRYPOINT

    {Invalid DLL Entrypoint} The dynamic link library %hs is not written correctly. The stack pointer has been left in an inconsistent state. The entrypoint should be declared as WINAPI or STDCALL. Select YES to fail the DLL load. Select NO to continue execution. Selecting NO may cause the application to operate incorrectly.

    MicrosoftWindows Win32
  • 6100x00000262 · 0x262
    ERROR_BAD_SERVICE_ENTRYPOINT

    {Invalid Service Callback Entrypoint} The %hs service is not written correctly. The stack pointer has been left in an inconsistent state. The callback entrypoint should be declared as WINAPI or STDCALL. Selecting OK will cause the service to continue operation. However, the service process may operate incorrectly.

    MicrosoftWindows Win32
  • 6110x00000263 · 0x263
    ERROR_IP_ADDRESS_CONFLICT1

    There is an IP address conflict with another system on the network.

    MicrosoftWindows Win32
  • 6120x00000264 · 0x264
    ERROR_IP_ADDRESS_CONFLICT2

    There is an IP address conflict with another system on the network.

    MicrosoftWindows Win32
  • 6130x00000265 · 0x265
    ERROR_REGISTRY_QUOTA_LIMIT

    {Low On Registry Space} The system has reached the maximum size allowed for the system part of the registry. Additional storage requests will be ignored.

    MicrosoftWindows Win32
  • 6140x00000266 · 0x266
    ERROR_NO_CALLBACK_ACTIVE

    A callback return system service cannot be executed when no callback is active.

    MicrosoftWindows Win32
  • 6150x00000267 · 0x267
    ERROR_PWD_TOO_SHORT

    The password provided is too short to meet the policy of your user account. Please choose a longer password.

    MicrosoftWindows Win32
  • 6160x00000268 · 0x268
    ERROR_PWD_TOO_RECENT

    The policy of your user account does not allow you to change passwords too frequently. This is done to prevent users from changing back to a familiar, but potentially discovered, password. If you feel your password has been compromised then please contact your administrator immediately to have a new one assigned.

    MicrosoftWindows Win32

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