Autor: J.Derejski (jderejski_at_synapse.net)
Data: Thu 23 Nov 1995 - 17:19:55 MET
At 01:14 PM 11/23/95 +0100, you wrote:
> Recently the following undocumented 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 - OS/2 found on drive
> (particularly amusing if you know that Microsoft actually used to check
> for the presence of Quarterdeck's memory manager, and would put up an error
> message if it was in your CONFIG.SYS... The remedy was to rename the
> program to another name, but it was still one of the first times people
> really started to worry about M$.)
>
> WinErr: 007 System price error - Inadequate money spent on hardware
> (also known as the "Packard Hell" error)
>
> WinErr: 008 Broken window - Watch out for glass fragments
>
> WinErr: 009 Horrible bug encountered - God knows what has happened.
> Please email Him for further explanation.
>
> 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!
> (accompanied by pig squeals if you have a sound card.)
>
> 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
> We have a special $2.00 a minute line just for this purpose.
>
> WinErr: 010 Reserved for future mistakes by our developers
>
> WinErr: 011 Window open - Do not look outside
>
> WinErr: 012 Window closed - Do not look inside
>
> 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 license 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. (accompanied by sounds of laughter if you have a
> sound card.)
>
> 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.
> (Also known as the "Heisenberg error")
>
> 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: 01F Reserved for future mistakes of our developers.
>
> WinErr: 020 Error recording error codes - Remaining 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: 100 Destroy Entire World? OK?
> (There's never a "CANCEL" button for some reason.)
>
> WinErr: 103 Error buffer overflow - Too many errors encountered. Next
> error will 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
>
>--------------------------END OF FORWARD MESSAGE------------------------
>
>
CIEKAWE, CO JESZCZE " CIEKAWEGO" DOWIEMY SIE O TYM SYSTEMIE.
TO PRZESTAJE BYC JUZ ZABAWNE.
Jacek Derejski
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