Error 0x800703F8

Value: -2147023880 | 0x800703F8 | 2147943416

What does it mean ?

ERROR_REGISTRY_IO_FAILED  
An I/O operation initiated by the registry failed unrecoverably. The registry could not read in, or write out, or flush, one of the files that contain the system's image of the registry.
Value: 1016 | 0x03F8 | 0b0000001111111000

Where does it come from ?

FACILITY_WIN32  
Provides a way to handle error codes from functions in the Win32 API as an HRESULT. (Error codes in 16 - bit OLE that duplicated Win32 error codes have also been changed to FACILITY_WIN32)
Value: 7 | 0x007 | 0b00000111

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