Windows Error Codes

Access is denied.

The system cannot find the file specified.

The system cannot find the path specified.

Ran out of memory.

One or more arguments are invalid.

Unspecified failure.

Not implemented.

This operation returned because the timeout period expired.

Fatal error during installation (common Windows Update / MSI failure).

Windows Update failed (often .NET / system reserved partition).

The operation timed out (network / WSUS connectivity).

A security error occurred — often a wrong system clock / TLS issue.

Windows Update HTTP request timed out.

An invalid parameter was passed.

Access violation (memory). Common app crash cause.

Insufficient system resources.

A process has requested access to an object but has not been granted those rights.

BSOD: Windows lost access to the system/boot partition (often storage driver / AHCI-RAID change).

BSOD: An exception occurred while executing a system service routine (often driver).

BSOD: A system thread generated an unhandled exception (usually a driver).

BSOD: Invalid memory referenced (bad RAM or driver).

BSOD: A driver accessed pageable memory at too high an IRQL.

BSOD: A DPC ran too long (often storage firmware/driver).

BSOD: A critical system process terminated.

Access is denied.

The system cannot find the file specified.

The file is in use by another process.

The timeout period expired.