Error Codes in Device Manager

Updated: June 1, 2011

Applies To: Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista

The following error codes can be displayed in Device Manager when there is a problem with a device.

To view an error code for a device

1. Open Device Manager.

2. Right-click the device you want, and then click Properties.

3. Click the General tab, and then view the error code text in the Device Status box.

You can use the following topics to troubleshoot device management and installation problems:

• Code 1: The device is not configured properly

• Code 3: The driver for this device might be corrupted, or your system may be running low on memory or other resources

• Code 10: The device cannot start

• Code 12: This device cannot find enough free resources that it can use

• Code 14: This device cannot work properly until you restart your computer

• Code 16: Windows cannot identify all the resources this device uses

• Code 18: Reinstall the drivers for this device

• Code 19: Windows cannot start this hardware device because its configuration information (in the registry) is incomplete or damaged

• Code 21: Windows is removing this device

• Code 22: This device is disabled

• Code 24: This device is not present, is not working properly, or does not have all its drivers installed

• Code 28: The drivers for this device are not installed

• Code 29: This device is disabled because the firmware of the device did not give it the required resources

• Code 31: This device is not working properly because Windows cannot load the drivers required for this device

• Code 32: A driver (service) for this device has been disabled. An alternate driver may be providing this functionality

• Code 33: Windows cannot determine which resources are required for this device

• Code 34: Windows cannot determine the settings for this device

• Code 35: Your computer's system firmware does not include enough information to properly configure and use this device

• Code 36: This device is requesting a PCI interrupt but is configured for an ISA interrupt (or vice versa)

• Code 37: Windows cannot initialize the device driver for this hardware

• Code 38: Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware because a previous instance of the device driver is still in memory

• Code 40: Windows cannot access this hardware because its service key information in the registry is missing or recorded incorrectly

• Code 41: Windows successfully loaded the device driver for this hardware but cannot find the hardware device

• Code 42: Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware because there is a duplicate device already running in the system

• Code 43: Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems

• Code 44: An application or service has shut down this hardware device

• Code 45: Currently, this hardware device is not connected to the computer

• Code 46: Windows cannot gain access to this hardware device because the operating system is in the process of shutting down

• Code 47: Windows cannot use this hardware device because it has been prepared for safe removal, but it has not been removed from the computer

• Code 48: The software for this device has been blocked from starting because it is known to have problems with Windows

• Code 49: Windows cannot start new hardware devices because the system hive is too large (exceeds the Registry Size Limit)

• Code 52: Windows cannot verify the digital signature for the drivers required for this device