BSOD 111 (SESSION3_INITIALIZATION_FAILED): causes and diagnosis

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Description: SESSION3_INITIALIZATION_FAILED

Could be also:
Constant	Type	OS
ERROR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW	Win32 error	Windows
ECONNREFUSED	errno	Linux
EIDRM	errno	Windows
VSL_INITIALIZATION_FAILED	BugCheck Code	Windows

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SESSION3_INITIALIZATION_FAILED

SESSION3_INITIALIZATION_FAILED is the 0x6F Windows initialization stop. Microsoft exposes one meaningful argument: parameter 1 is the NTSTATUS that caused the operating system to decide initialization failed. Parameters 2, 3, and 4 are documented as zero.

SESSION3 is not an interactive session number

Do not interpret the name as “Remote Desktop session 3” or “user session ID 3.” The public bug-check contract describes an operating-system initialization failure and gives no relationship to an interactive logon-session identifier.

Preserve the status and execution context

Resolve parameter 1 to its NTSTATUS name and meaning.
Load the matching symbols and inspect the thread and call stack at the failure.
Correlate boot changes with the component visible in that path, rather than applying repairs copied from another SESSIONx code.

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