Blue screens, error codes, system crashes and Windows update issues.
A QoS shape discard mode object in the provider buffer is corrupted or invalid. Usually caused by a ...
This error means a serial device timed out. Usually a barcode scanner or printer connected via COM p...
This error pops up when Windows rejects a computer name with illegal characters or bad length. The q...
OLE_E_WRONGCOMPOBJ means a COM object is the wrong type. Here's how to fix it fast by re-registering...
This bugcheck means Windows can't read the MCFG table from the BIOS — usually a PCIe device conflict...
This Windows Media Player error pops up when a UI object referenced by attributes doesn't actually e...
This error means Windows can't read the attributes of a file mapped to memory. The fix is straightfo...
This pops up when Windows Media Player spots a duplicate file path in its library. It's a library sy...
This error pops up in Windows Media Center or similar apps when you try to generate a time code for ...
This error means Windows blocked a 16-bit app. You're running 64-bit Windows, which dropped NTVDM. H...
Windows Filtering Platform hits this when a port range or IP range is syntactically wrong. The fix i...
This error means Windows can't parse the name you typed. The fix is almost always in the format or d...
This error pops up when Windows Media Player or a codec can't handle audio fold-down coefficients. T...
Windows hits this when SMB can't add more nodes (connections) to a cluster or share. Usually from st...
0xC0000231 means the kernel/user marshaling buffer overflowed. Usually caused by buggy drivers or co...
This error means you're trying to add an item to a playlist that Windows Media Player doesn't suppor...
This error means your system woke from hibernation but some drivers or apps didn't reinitialize righ...
This error shows up when Media Foundation or DirectShow code is in testing mode. You'll see it after...
You can't delete a Windows user while they're logged on. The fix: force logoff via command line or r...
This error means the install worked but file cleanup stalled. A reboot usually fixes it — sometimes ...
Active Directory schema update fails with duplicate RDN error. Common when adding a new attribute or...
This error means TPM's virtual handle registry is corrupted. Start with a reboot—works half the time...
ERROR_EVT_FILTER_UNEXPECTEDTOKEN means your Event Viewer filter has a typo or bad syntax. Fix the fi...
Windows Media Player blocks analog video playback due to a protection mismatch. The fix is disabling...