Error Codes in Device Manager

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

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