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Error: "Session "ReadyBoot" stopped due to the following error: 0xC0000188" in Windows 7

Symptoms

Your Windows 7 computer may have recorded in the Microsoft Windows Kernel-EventTracing log, an event with EventID 3 and Level of "Error". The description reads, "Session "ReadyBoot" stopped due to the following error: 0xC0000188". You may also see this error listed in the Overview and Summary page upon opening Event Viewer.

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Cause

This error is logged before the first user ever logs onto the computer during OOBE when reaching the maximum file size for the ReadyBoot session log: "C:\Windows\Prefetch\ReadyBoot\ReadyBoot.etl" . The occurrence of this error will not affect operation of the computer.  On a normal boot, the Superfetch process shuts this process down before the log file exceeds maximum.

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Resolution

The logging of this error will not affect the operation of your computer.  ReadyBoot is used by the ReadyBoost service that optimizes the boot time of your computer to a minimum.

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Article Info
Article ID : 2001347
Revision : 5
Created on : 8/19/2020
Published on : 8/20/2020
Exists online : False
Views : 308