Undocumented Windows error codes

The following is a list of undocumented Windows error codes which somehow got overlooked when printing the documentation.
WinErr 001: Windows loaded – System in danger
WinErr 002: No Error – Yet
WinErr 003: Dynamic linking error – Your mistake is now in every file
WinErr 004: Erroneous error – Nothing is wrong
WinErr 005: Multitasking attempted – System confused
WinErr [...]

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Haiku Error Messages

In Japan, Toshiba has replaced the impersonal and unhelpful MS Windows error
messages on its notebook computers with its own Japanese haiku poetry, each
of only 17 syllables: five in the first line; seven in the second; five in
the third…
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A file that big?
It might be very useful.
But now it is gone.
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The Web site you seek
Cannot be located [...]

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If Microsoft had existed in the Middle Ages

Then Chastity belts require a password rather than a key.

Last year’s pitchfork not compatible with this year’s hay.
Lord Gates claims he has no memory of any memo describing his intention to “wipeth my arse with the Magna Carta.”
The “Good Plague” hoax.
Horses routinely stop in mid-stride, and require a boot to the rear to start again.
The [...]

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