NETWORK_BOOT_INITIALIZATION_FAILED
Code: 0xbb (187)
As HRESULT:- S: 0 (Success)
- C: 0 (Microsoft-defined)
- N: 0 (Not an NTSTATUS value)
- Facility: 0x000 (FACILITY_NULL: Default)
- Code: 0x00bb (187)
- Sev: 0 (STATUS_SEVERITY_SUCCESS)
- C: 0 (Microsoft-defined)
- Facility: 0x000 (Default)
- Code: 0x00bb (187)
Parameters
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | The part of network initialization that failed. Possible values are: 1: Failure while updating the registry. 2: Failure while starting the network stack. Windows sends IOCTLs to the redirector and datagram receiver, then waits for the redirector to be ready. If it is not ready within a certain period of time, this error is issued. 3: Failure while sending the DHCP IOCTL to TCP. This is how Windows informs the transport of its IP address. |
| 2 | The failure status |
| 3 | Reserved |
| 4 | Reserved |
Description
The NETWORK_BOOT_INITIALIZATION_FAILED bug check has a value of 0x000000BB. This indicates that Windows failed to successfully boot off a network.
Important
This article is for programmers. If you're a customer who has received a blue screen error code while using your computer, see Troubleshoot blue screen errors.
Cause
This error is caused when Windows is booting off a network, and a critical function fails during I/O initialization.
See Also
Article text from the Windows driver documentation (opens in a new tab), by Microsoft, under the CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new tab) licence.
Associated Modules
| Module | Code | Found in | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| EventCreate.exe | 0xbb | 78.11011 | %1 |
| KernelBase.dll | 0xbb | 78.1 | The specified system semaphore name was not found. |
| dsreg.dll | 0xbb | 1011 | Key policy in registry is set to unsupported value %1. Default key policy will be used. |
| kernel32.dll | 0xbb | 78.11011 | The specified system semaphore name was not found. |
| nslookup.exe | 0xbb | 78.11011 | requests = |
| webservices.dll | 0xbb | 78.11011 | There was an error creating the TCP socket. |
| 6 entries | |||