Can Not Get Task Manager To Run In Windows XP Home Ed.

I run into this with owners that try to reduce the accounts to the "one." They think that since they are the only user, and maybe prior Windows 98 users they need to remove all other accounts.

http://www.google.com/search?q=0x80041315 starts off with the MS articles that write about the issue when you remove the administrator accound or even rename it.

Reinstalling does not recreate such accounts or such so your story of "reinstall" is proper that it does not fix this.

Another issue is that some don't like that the scheduler requires an account. Again, various damage is done to thwart such and I see this error in these cases too.

-> In closing, there is not enough written for me to tell if your machine suffered such changes or is under siege by trojans, spyware or worms.

Bob

if either of these Microsoft articles help you. They are not specifically for XP but MIGHT give you an idea for something you haven't tried.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;250039

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;223170

While I am sure Bob is right, I did notice that you are using Task Manager as if it is Task Scheduler--these are two different things.

Just in case, make sure Task Scheduler is not turned off in Services.

To do this click START, the click on RUN.
When the RUN window opens type services.msc in the box and click OK.

The Services panel will open--scroll down to Task Scheduler and make sure it is set to Automatic. If it is not, double click on it and the Task Scheduler window will open. In the Start-Up box set to Automatic. Click APPLY (at the bottom), then Click OK and close the services panel.

Rich