Undocumented Windows 95 Errors
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 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: Only God knows what has happened.
- WinErr 00A
- Promotional literature overflow: Mailbox full.
- WinErr 00B
- Inadequate disk space: Free at least 50 MiB.
- 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. *snicker*
- 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 815
- Insufficient Memory: Only 50,312,583 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 39C
- 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 394
- Memory Error: You have been attempting to run this on a Pentium 500 with 192 MiB of RAM. That is not good enough.
- WinErr 872
- Windows can’t be bothered doing that.