What does BSOD 400 (WIN32K_CRITICAL_FAILURE_LIVEDUMP) mean?

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Description: WIN32K_CRITICAL_FAILURE_LIVEDUMP identifies a Windows bug check whose dump parameters and stack determine the failing component.

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WIN32K_CRITICAL_FAILURE_LIVEDUMP

The WIN32K_CRITICAL_FAILURE_LIVEDUMP bug check has a value of 0x00000190. For WIN32K_CRITICAL_FAILURE_LIVEDUMP, this indicates that Win32k has encountered a critical failure. A live dump is captured to collect the debug information.

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WIN32K_CRITICAL_FAILURE_LIVEDUMP Parameters

Parameter	Description
1	Type of the failure 0x1 : REGION_VALIDATION_FAILURE - Region is out of surface bounds. 2- Pointer to DC 3- Pointer to SURFACE 4- Pointer to REGION 0x2 : OPERATOR_NEW_USED - Operator "new" is used to allocate memory. 2 - Reserved 3 - Reserved 4 - Reserved
2	See parameter 1
3	See parameter 1
4	See parameter 1

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