Editing Device Manager (section)

==Error codes==
Device Manager error codes are numerical codes, each accompanied by an error message, which help users determine what kind of issue Windows is having with a piece of hardware.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310123 | title=Error codes in Device Manager in Windows |website=Support| publisher=[[Microsoft]] | access-date=February 8, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/tp/device_manager_error_codes.htm | title=Device Manager Error Codes | publisher=About.com | access-date=February 8, 2015 |last=Fisher|first=Tim |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080909123547/http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/tp/device_manager_error_codes.htm|archive-date=September 9, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Mark |last2=Graff |first2=Eliot |title=Device Manager Error Messages – Windows Drivers |url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/install/device-manager-error-messages |website=[[Microsoft Learn]] |access-date=27 April 2025 |date=2021-12-15}}</ref>

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! Code !! Meaning  
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| 1 ||  ''This device has not been configured correctly.''

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| 3 || ''The driver for this device may be [[corrupted]], or the system may be running low on [[Computer memory|memory]].''

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| 10 || ''This device cannot start.''

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| 12 || ''Not enough resources for the device.''

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| 14 || '' The computer must be restarted for the device to work properly.''

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| 16 || ''Windows can't identify all the resources this device requires.''

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| 18 || ''Drivers for this device must be reinstalled.''

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| 19 || ''Configuration information in [[Windows registry]] is damaged or corrupted for this device.''

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| 21 || ''Windows is removing this device.''

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| 22 || ''This device is disabled.''

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| 24 || ''This device is not present, does not have all its drivers installed, or is not working properly.''

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| 28 || ''The drivers for this device are not installed.''

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| 29 || ''The [[firmware]] of the device did not give it the required resources.''

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| 31 || ''Windows cannot load the drivers required for this device.''

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| 32 || ''A driver for this device has been disabled.''

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| 33 || ''Windows cannot determine which resources are required for this device.''

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| 34 || '' Windows cannot determine the settings for this device.''

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| 35 || ''The computer's firmware does not include enough information to properly configure and use this device.''

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| 36 || ''This device is requesting a [[Peripheral_Component_Interconnect#Interrupts|PCI interrupt]] but is configured for an [[Industry Standard Architecture|ISA]] interrupt (or vice versa).''

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| 37 || ''Windows failed to initialize the device driver for this hardware.''

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| 38 || ''Windows cannot run the driver for this device because a previous instance of the driver exists.''

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| 39 || ''Windows cannot load the driver for this device. The driver may be corrupted or missing.''

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| 40 || ''Windows cannot access this hardware because its service key information in the registry is missing or corrupted.''

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| 41 || ''Windows successfully loaded the device driver for this hardware but cannot find the hardware device.''

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| 42 || ''Windows cannot run the driver for this device because there is a duplicate device already running in the system.''

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| 43 || ''Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems.''

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| 44 || ''An application or service has shut down this hardware device.''

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| 45 || ''This hardware device is not connected to the computer.''

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| 46 || ''Windows cannot gain access to this hardware device because the operating system is in the process of shutting down.''

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| 47 || ''Windows cannot use this device because it has been prepared for [[Safely remove hardware|safe removal]], but it has not been removed from the computer.''

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| 48 || ''The driver for this device has been blocked from starting because it is known to have problems with Windows.''

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| 49 || ''Windows cannot start new hardware devices because the system [[Registry hive|hive]] is too large and exceeds the Registry Size Limit.''

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| 52 || '' Windows cannot verify the [[digital signature]] for the drivers required for this device. A recent hardware or software change might have installed a file that is signed incorrectly or damaged.''

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