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Code reference pages
41 Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-PowerKernel-Power 41 records that the previous shutdown was not clean. The event alone does not establish the cause.Researched guide46 Volmgrvolmgr Event ID 46 can report that crash dump initialization failed. The linked Microsoft article describes a Windows Server startup scenario; inspect…Code reference1074 User32User32 1074 records a process- or user-initiated shutdown or restart; inspect the recorded process and reason.Researched guide6006 EventlogEventLog 6006 records that the Event Log service stopped. It commonly appears during an orderly shutdown and is not itself a crash diagnosis.Code reference6008 EventlogEventLog 6008 records an unexpected previous shutdown; compare its time with nearby events.Researched guide
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