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0xC00002D1: STATUS_SYSTEM_IMAGE_BAD_SIGNATURE

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

0xC00002D1 = 3,221,226,193 = -1073741103

NTSTATUS 0xC00002D1

STATUS_SYSTEM_IMAGE_BAD_SIGNATURE

{Fatal System Error} The system image %s is not properly signed. The file has been replaced with the signed file. The system has been shut down.

%1, %2… are where Windows fills in details such as a file or program name.

Becomes the Win32 error: 637ERROR_SYSTEM_IMAGE_BAD_SIGNATURE: {Fatal System Error} The system image %s is not properly signed. The file has been replaced with the signed file. The system has been shut down.

Severity (bits 30-31)3: Error
Customer (bit 29)0: Microsoft
Facility0 (0x000)
Code721 (0x02D1)