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Windows 95/98/RAS Error Codes



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I know its a long list. But it should be a little faster in finding out what an error means, then go to the MS site.

Here?s a list of the error codes that DUN and RAS will give and what their definitions are. Windows 98 tends to word these differently but the general problem/solution is the same.

     Error	Message							
     600	An operation is pending
     601	The port handle is invalid
     602	The port is already open 
     603	Caller?s buffer is too small
     604	Wrong information specified
     605	Cannot set port information
     606	The port is not connected
     607	The event is invalid
     608	The device does not exist
     609	The device type does not exist
     610	The buffer is invalid
     611	The route is not available
     612	The route is not allocated
     613	Invalid compression specified
     614	Out of buffers
     615	The port was not found
     616	An asynchronous request is pending
     617	The port or device is already disconnecting
     618	The port is not open 
     619	The port is disconnected 
     620	There are no endpoints
     621	Cannot open the phonebook file
     622	Cannot load the phonebook file
     623	Cannot find the phonebook entry
     624	Cannot write the phonebook file
     625	Invalid information found in the phonebook
     626	Cannot load a string
     627	Cannot find a key
     628	The port was disconnected
     629	The port was disconnected by the remote machine
     630	The port was disconnected due to hardware failure
     631	The port was disconnected by the user
     632	The structure size is incorrect
     633	The port is already in use or is not configured for DUN/RAS dial-out
     634	Cannot register your computer on the remote network
     635	Unknown error
     636	The wrong device is attached to the port
     637	The string could not be converted
     638	The request has timed out
     639	No asynchronous net available
     640	A NetBIOS error has occurred
     641	The server cannot allocate NetBIOS resources
     642	One of your NetBIOS names is already is already registered on the remote network
     643	A network adapter at the server failed
     644	You will not receive network access pop-ups
     645	Internal authentication error
     646	The account is not permitted to log on at this time of day
     647	The account is disabled
     648	The password has expired
     649	The account dies not have Remote Access permission
     650	The Remote Access server is not responding 
     651	Your modem (or other connecting device) has reported an error
     652	Unrecognized response from the device
     653	A macro required by the device was not found in the device INF file section. 
     654	A command or response in the device INF file section refers to an undefined macro
     655	The  macro was not found in the device INF file 
section
     656	The  macro in the device INF file contains an
undefined macro.
     657	The device INF file could not be opened
     658	The device name in the device INF or media INI file is too 
		long
     659	The media INI file refers to an unknown device name
     660	The device INF file contains no response for the command
     661	The device INF file is missing a command   
     662	Attempted to set a macro not listed in the device INF file
     663	The media INI file refers to an unknown device type
     664	Cannot allocate memory
     665	The port is not configured for Dial-Up Networking/Remote
		Access
     666	Your modem (or other connecting device) is not functioning
     667	Cannot read the media INI file
     668	The connection dropped
     669	The usage parameter in the media INI file is invalid
     670	Cannot read the section name from the media INI file
     671	Cannot read the device type from the media INI file
     672	Cannot read the device name from the media INI file
     673	Cannot read the usage from the media INI file
     674	Cannot read the maximum connection BPS rate from the media
		INI file
     675	Cannot read the maximum carrier BPS rate from the media
		INI file
     676	The line is busy
     677	A person answered instead of a modem
     678	There is no answer
     679	Cannot detect a carrier
     680	The is no dial-tone
     681	General error reported by device
     682	ERROR WRITING SECTIONNAME
     683	ERROR WRITING DEVICETYPE
     684	ERROR WRITING DEVICENAME
     685	ERROR WRITING MAXCONNECTBPS
     686	ERROR WRITING MAXCARRIERBPS
     687	ERROR WRITING USAGE
     688	ERROR WRITING DEFAULTOFF
     689	ERROR READING DEFAULTOFF
     690	ERROR EMPTY INI FILE
     691     	Access denied because username and/or password is invalid on
		the domain. (check your password)
     692     	Hardware failure in port or attached device.
     693     	ERROR NOT BINARY MACRO
     694     	ERROR DCB NOT FOUND
     695     	ERROR STATE MACHINES NOT STARTED
     696  	ERROR STATE MACHINES ALREADY STARTED
     697    	ERROR PARTIAL RESPONSE LOOPING
     698    	A response keyname in the device .INF file is not
		in the expected format.
     699     	The device response caused buffer overflow.
     700     	The expanded command in the device .INF file is too long.
     701     	The device moved to a BPS rate not supported by the COM
		driver.
     702     	Device response received when none expected.
     703     	ERROR INTERACTIVE MODE
     704     	ERROR BAD CALLBACK NUMBER
     705     	ERROR INVALID AUTH STATE
     706     	ERROR WRITING INITBPS
     707     	X.25 diagnostic indication.
     708     	The account has expired.
     709     	Error changing password on domain.
     710     	Serial overrun errors were detected while communicating with
		your modem. (Com Over run)
     711     	RasMan initialization failure. Check the event log.
     712     	Biplex port is initializing. Wait a few seconds and redial.
     713     	No active ISDN lines are available.
     714     	Not enough ISDN channels are available to make the call.
     715     	Too many errors occurred because of poor phone line quality.
     716     	The Remote Access IP configuration is unusable.
     717     	No IP addresses are available in the static pool of Remote
		Access IP addresses.
     718     	PPP timeout.
     719     	PPP terminated by remote machine.
     720     	No PPP control protocols configured.
     721     	Remote PPP peer is not responding.
     722     	The PPP packet is invalid.
     723     	The phone number, including prefix and suffix, is too long.
     724     	The IPX protocol cannot dial-out on the port because the
		computer is an IPX router.
     725     	The IPX protocol cannot dial-in on the port because the IPX
		router is not installed.
     726     	The IPX protocol cannot be used for dial-out on more than
		one port at a time.
     727     	Cannot access TCPCFG.DLL.
     728     	Cannot find an IP adapter bound to Remote Access.
     729     	SLIP cannot be used unless the IP protocol is installed.
     730     	Computer registration is not complete.
     731     	The protocol is not configured.
     732     	The PPP negotiation is not converging.
     733     	The PPP control protocol for this network protocol is not
		available on the server.
     734     	The PPP link control protocol terminated..
     735     	The requested address was rejected by the server.
     736     	The remote computer terminated the control protocol.
     737     	Loopback detected..
     738     	The server did not assign an address.
     739     	The remote server cannot use the Windows NT encrypted
		password.
     740     	The TAPI devices configured for Remote Access failed to
		initialize or were not installed correctly.   
     741	The local computer does not support encryption
     742	The remote server does not support encryption
     743	The remote server requites encryption
     744	Cannot use the IPX net number assigned by the remote
		server. Check the event log. 
     752	A syntax error was encountered while processing a script




Last Updated September 30, 1999. by Craig Stumpf