Windows 95 Error Codes

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Windows 95 Error Codes


Recently the following undocumented Windows 95 error-codes were found.
Microsoft forgot to explain them in the manuals, so they will be
spread via the Internet:


WinErr: 00 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 onhardware.
WinErr: 008 Broken window: Watch out for glass fragments.
WinErr: 009 Horrible bug encountered: Only 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: 00 Reserved for future mistakes by our developers.
WinErr: 03 Unexpected error: Huh?
WinErr: 04 Keyboard locked: Try anything you can think of.
WinErr: 08 Unrecoverable error: System has been destroyed.
        Buy a new one. Old Windows licence is not valid anymore.
WinErr: 09 User error: Not our fault. Is Not! Is Not!
WinErr: 0A Operating system overwritten: Please reinstall all your
        Software. We are terribly sorry. (snicker)
WinErr: 0B Illegal error: You are not allowed to get this error.
        Next time you will get a penalty for that.
WinErr: 0C Uncertainty error: Uncertainty may be inadequate.
WinErr: 0D System crash: We are unable to figure out our own code.
WinErr: 0E 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: 03 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: 85 Insufficient Memory: Only 50,32,583 Bytes available
WinErr: 625 Working Error: The system has been working perfectly for
	    the past ten minutes. Please reboot.
WinErr: 902 Screen Error: The system is working perfectly, Windows is
	    not lying, your monitor is wrong.
WinErr: 72a Crucial Halt: Hang on, WHAT was that?
WinErr: 72b Memory Error: What? Tell Windows again.
WinErr:9c Disk Error in drive a: Although your disk is in perfect
        condition (Windows just formatted it), Windows didn't like it
	    any more.
WinErr: 983 Hard Disk Error: The files on the hard disk were neatly
        arranged and fully optimised, so Windows had to mess them up
        and put a couple of hundred .TMP files all over the place.
WinErr: 294 BlackMail Error: Send $200 to Gates or your computer will
        get so messed up it will never work again.
WinErr: 872 Windows can't be bothered doing that.


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