Microsoft forgot to explain them in the manuals, so they will be spread via the internet:
| Error | Description |
|---|---|
| 001 | Windows loaded - System in danger. |
| 002 | No Error - Yet. |
| 003 | Dynamic linking error - Your mistake is now in every file. |
| 004 | Erroneous error - Nothing is wrong. |
| 005 | Multitasking attempted - System confused. |
| 006 | Malicious error - Desqview found on drive. |
| 007 | System price error - Inadeqaute money spent on hardware. |
| 008 | Broken window - Watch out for glass fragments. |
| 009 | Horrible bug encountered - God knows what has happened. |
| 00A | Promotional literature overflow - Mailbox full. |
| 00B | Inadeqaute disk space - Free at least 50MB. |
| 00C | Memory hog error - More Ram needed. More! More! More! |
| 00D | Window closed - Do not look outside. |
| 00E | Window open - Do not look inside. |
| 00F | Unexplained error - Please tell us how this happened. |
| 010 | Reserved for future mistakes by our developers. |
| 011 | Window open - Do not look outside. |
| 012 | Window closed - Do not look inside. |
| 013 | Unexpected error - Huh ? |
| 014 | Keyboard locked - Try anything you can think of. |
| 018 | Unrecoverable error - System has been destroyed. Buy a new one. Old windows licence is not valid anymore. |
| 019 | User error - Not our fault. Is Not! Is Not! |
| 01A | Operating system overwritten - Please reinstall all your software. We are terribly sorry. |
| 01B | Illegal error - You are not allowed to get this error. Next time you will get a penalty for that. |
| 01C | Uncertainty error - Uncertainty may be inadeqaute. |
| 01D | System crash - We are unable to figure out our own code. |
| 01E | Timing error - Please wait. And wait. And wait. And wait. |
| 01F | Reserved for future mistakes of our developers. |
| 020 | Error recording error codes - Remaining errors will be lost. |
| 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. |
| 079 | Mouse not found - A mouse driver has not been installed. Please click the left mouse button to continue. |
| 103 | Error buffer overflow - Too many errors encountered. Next errors will not be displayed or recorded. |
| 678 | This will end your Windows session. Do you want to play another game? |
| 683 | Time out error - Operator fell asleep while waiting for the system to complete boot procedure. |
| 815 | Insufficient Memory - Only 50.312.583 Bytes available |