Introduction
In Microsoft world, many times we come across these types of errors (Message box with some error code / Hex code). I have experienced this on Windows services / Visual studio / Task schedulers / office tools etc.
A quick tip to analyze these errors or at least understand the cause before we hit Google and look for solution.
Using These Steps
- Sample Error

- Open the calculator in Scientific mode. Select ‘Dec’ and enter the above highlighted code.

- Click on the ‘Hex’ to convert it to Hex value. Value you should get is – ‘80070775’.
- Enter the Error code – 0775 in the calculator, make sure ‘Hex’ is selected.

- Click on ‘Dec’ to get the decimal value – 1909 in this case.

- Go to command prompt and type as seen below. “net helpmsg 1909”.

Points of Interest
History
- 31st March, 2016: Initial version