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3,837 results- 5770x00000241 · 0x241ERROR_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 · 0x242ERROR_NO_PAGEFILE
{No Paging File Specified} No paging file was specified in the system configuration.
MicrosoftWindows Win32 - 5790x00000243 · 0x243ERROR_ILLEGAL_FLOAT_CONTEXT
{EXCEPTION} A real-mode application issued a floating-point instruction and floating-point hardware is not present.
MicrosoftWindows Win32 - 5800x00000244 · 0x244ERROR_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 · 0x245ERROR_DOMAIN_CTRLR_CONFIG_ERROR
A Windows Server has an incorrect configuration.
MicrosoftWindows Win32 - 5820x00000246 · 0x246ERROR_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 · 0x247ERROR_UNDEFINED_CHARACTER
The Unicode character is not defined in the Unicode character set installed on the system.
MicrosoftWindows Win32 - 5840x00000248 · 0x248ERROR_FLOPPY_VOLUME
The paging file cannot be created on a floppy diskette.
MicrosoftWindows Win32 - 5850x00000249 · 0x249ERROR_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 · 0x24AERROR_BACKUP_CONTROLLER
This operation is only allowed for the Primary Domain Controller of the domain.
MicrosoftWindows Win32 - 5870x0000024B · 0x24BERROR_MUTANT_LIMIT_EXCEEDED
An attempt was made to acquire a mutant such that its maximum count would have been exceeded.
MicrosoftWindows Win32 - 5880x0000024C · 0x24CERROR_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 · 0x24DERROR_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 · 0x24EERROR_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 · 0x24FERROR_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 · 0x250ERROR_DATA_NOT_ACCEPTED
{Data Not Accepted} The TDI client could not handle the data received during an indication.
MicrosoftWindows Win32 - 5930x00000251 · 0x251ERROR_VDM_HARD_ERROR
NTVDM encountered a hard error.
MicrosoftWindows Win32 - 5940x00000252 · 0x252ERROR_DRIVER_CANCEL_TIMEOUT
{Cancel Timeout} The driver %hs failed to complete a cancelled I/O request in the allotted time.
MicrosoftWindows Win32 - 5950x00000253 · 0x253ERROR_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 · 0x254ERROR_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 · 0x255ERROR_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 · 0x256ERROR_NOT_TINY_STREAM
The stream is not a tiny stream.
MicrosoftWindows Win32 - 5990x00000257 · 0x257ERROR_STACK_OVERFLOW_READ
The request must be handled by the stack overflow code.
MicrosoftWindows Win32 - 6000x00000258 · 0x258ERROR_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 · 0x259ERROR_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 · 0x25AERROR_ALLOCATE_BUCKET
The bucket array must be grown. Retry transaction after doing so.
MicrosoftWindows Win32 - 6030x0000025B · 0x25BERROR_MARSHALL_OVERFLOW
The user/kernel marshalling buffer has overflowed.
MicrosoftWindows Win32 - 6040x0000025C · 0x25CERROR_INVALID_VARIANT
The supplied variant structure contains invalid data.
MicrosoftWindows Win32 - 6050x0000025D · 0x25DERROR_BAD_COMPRESSION_BUFFER
The specified buffer contains ill-formed data.
MicrosoftWindows Win32 - 6060x0000025E · 0x25EERROR_AUDIT_FAILED
{Audit Failed} An attempt to generate a security audit failed.
MicrosoftWindows Win32 - 6070x0000025F · 0x25FERROR_TIMER_RESOLUTION_NOT_SET
The timer resolution was not previously set by the current process.
MicrosoftWindows Win32 - 6080x00000260 · 0x260ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_LOGON_INFO
There is insufficient account information to log you on.
MicrosoftWindows Win32 - 6090x00000261 · 0x261ERROR_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 · 0x262ERROR_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 · 0x263ERROR_IP_ADDRESS_CONFLICT1
There is an IP address conflict with another system on the network.
MicrosoftWindows Win32 - 6120x00000264 · 0x264ERROR_IP_ADDRESS_CONFLICT2
There is an IP address conflict with another system on the network.
MicrosoftWindows Win32 - 6130x00000265 · 0x265ERROR_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 · 0x266ERROR_NO_CALLBACK_ACTIVE
A callback return system service cannot be executed when no callback is active.
MicrosoftWindows Win32 - 6150x00000267 · 0x267ERROR_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 · 0x268ERROR_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.
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