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Decode System Error Codes

Thursday July 3, 2008
There are a few different kinds of "error codes" that can show up on your computer, but some of the most common are called system error codes.

Unfortunately, these error codes rarely display with any helpful information. Most of the time you'll get no error message or other explanation.

There are literally thousands of these system error codes so there's no way to decipher their meanings without some kind of reference. That's where my complete list of system error codes can help.

With this list, you can figure out what the problem is - from Error Code 1 to Error Code 15299. Some of the code numbers don't exist so there aren't actually 15,299 codes but there are still plenty to drive you crazy.
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