Recently the following undocumented Windows 98 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 – God only knows what has happened
WinErr: 00A
Promotional literature overflow – Mailbox full
WinErr: 00B
Inadequate disk space – Free at least 500MB
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 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… Yet again.
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: 01F
Reserved for future mistakes of our developers.
WinErr: 020
Error recording error codes – Additional errors will be lost.
WinErr: 042
Virus error – A virus has been activated in a DOS session. 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: 844
Competing Product – Remove all competing products and install Microsoft equivalents.
WinErr: 910
Personal Data Communicate Difficulties – Could not transmit social insurance number and or tax details back to Microsoft headquarters for further analysis.
WinErr: 960
Minimal Effort – User has only reinstalled Internet Explorer four times while trying to get it operational, please reinstall again.
WinErr: 2000
You have not downloaded your daily Y2K and security glitch patch.