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0xC0000070: STATUS_INVALID_WORKSTATION

Windows Error Code Lookup: Decode Windows error codes: Win32, HRESULT (0x80070005), NTSTATUS, Windows Update, msiexec and blue-screen stop codes, with what to check next.

Paste the number from an error dialog, event log, script or setup log: 0x80070005, 80070005, -2147024891, 1603, 0xC0000005, a stop code like 0x7E, a name like E_ACCESSDENIED, or a few words. You get every way Windows could mean that number (an HRESULT often wraps a Win32 error, so 0x80070005 is "Access is denied" too), its parts decoded, and what to check for the common ones. Names and messages come from the Windows SDK headers and Windows' own message tables; see Microsoft's System Error Codes and [MS-ERREF] for the full references.

Try: 0x80070005, 1603, 0xC0000005, 0x800F081F, 0x8024402C, 0x7E, access denied

0xC0000070 = 3,221,225,584 = -1073741712

NTSTATUS 0xC0000070

STATUS_INVALID_WORKSTATION

The user account is restricted such that it may not be used to log on from the source workstation.

Signing in from a computer the account isn't allowed to use. Shows up as the Status or Sub Status of failed sign-in events (Security log 4625, 4771, 4776).

Becomes the Win32 error: 1329ERROR_INVALID_WORKSTATION: This user isn't allowed to sign in to this computer.

Severity (bits 30-31)3: Error
Customer (bit 29)0: Microsoft
Facility0 (0x000)
Code112 (0x0070)