Task image is corrupt or has been tampered with 0x80041321

Anonymous
2011-01-03T00:31:58+00:00

When I try to do a monthly back up it want do it. It gives me Task image is corrupt or has been tampered with 0x80041321. I checked for virures & they come back clean. Can some one please help me out?????????

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Anonymous
2011-10-20T05:14:45+00:00

hi,

i just thought that this solution given by mouneshwar on page 2 of this thread (about three entries down) was too broad based. especially the part where he suggests deleting all the subkeys.

i had a similar issue with my task sched/ corrupted tasks, and the steps you suggested wouldn't have re-created clean tasks to replace the corrupt ones.

BY FAR the most thorough way to solve the issue is using regedit for the tasks, as well as correcting the corrupted tasks in system32 file.

all the steps can be thoroughly described to get the correct solution in the following microsoft support article:

MS10-092, specifically this support page: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2305420

although it deals with a problem in the task sched caused by a windows update, the actual problem is exactly the same, with the same corrupt task messages.

this is the correct way to solve the issue, it takes a few steps but it's not difficult. just follow it closely, and only fix the tasks which are an issue in your system.

this is the most thorough way to fix this issue.

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Anonymous
2011-02-01T12:23:35+00:00

Hi espbrian,

I would suggest you to try the steps mentioned below.

Steps to re-create Task Scheduler

Registry Disclaimer: The steps mentioned below includes system registry modification. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

How to back up and restore the registry in Windows


a.    Click on Start; in the start search type regedit.exe and press Enter.

If you get a consent prompt, click on Yes.

b.    Browse through the following location.

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current Version\Schedule key and then delete its subkeys.

c.    Save the changes and then exit out of the registry editor.

Now check if Task Scheduler works.

Hope this information is helpful and let me know if you need any further assistance.

Mouneshwar R – Microsoft Support


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  1. Anonymous
    2015-03-28T14:44:49+00:00

    Ok, I know this is an old post, but it seems people still hit this situation, myself included. I'd like to detail my experience before asking my question. I know this has to do with Windows Home Server, but that's just the symptom of the same underlying problem related to this thread.

    Starting at the beginning, I was running Vista Ultimate 32-bit with Windows Home Server 2011. I (finally) got around to upgrading to Win 7 Ultimate 32-bit. After a couple of days of installing windows updates, I finally got to the point where the dust settled and wanted to get a backup using WHS. It turns out to my surprise that WHS thought my computer was offline. After figuring out that an update caused this, I used system restore to go back to a previous point in time. I had to do this several times due to so many updates being installed in such a short period, there weren't many restore points to choose from. Also, at 1 point, I was disconnected from the network and couldn't get to the Internet, WHS or any other home computer. It was a long process to selectively install a few updates at a time then check my network connectivity and create a system restore point. After it seemed like all the required updates were installed, WHS still thought my computer was offline.  I uninstalled the WHS connector software thinking a fresh install under the new Win 7 OS would do the trick however, it wouldn't install. When I started digging into the Event Viewer on both WHS and my computer, it pointed me to a log file on my computer that detailed the task related error message that brought me to this page.

    The marked answer seemed overkill but other posts on this thread pointed to a security bulletin and update that caused the problem. I could no longer see any updates applied prior to my upgrade in order to attempt to remove the alleged culprit update. I had reservations about deleting all subkeys of the Schedule registry key but it seemed I had no alternative other than booting with the WHS client computer restore CD and doing a full restore back to Vista but I knew that was a step backward and I would have to go through this whole process again. Moving forward, I confirmed opening Task Scheduler resulted in 52 errors as it tried to open all the registered tasks. I closed Scheduler, backed up my registry and the System32\Tasks folder. I then deleted all registry subkeys under Schedule as noted in this thread as well as deleted all the files in the System32\Tasks folder.

    Task Scheduler now opens without errors but is empty (no tasks) as expected. I went to my backed up Tasks folder and noticed all 123 files didn't have an .xml extension although opening a couple in Notepad confirmed they are xml files. I realized attempting to import one that they needed to ne named with the .xml extension (not mentioned in the answer for this thread).

    Anyway, I was able to finally install the connector software which created several WHS-related tasks. I am in the process of doing a backup.

    I feel like, at a minimum, certain system related tasks should be restored. Is there a way to get all the required Windows system related tasks back without importing one by one? It seems like a huge task to do this manually, ie renaming each xml file with the appropriate extension then importing it into Task Scheduler. 

    I read about a system refresh in Win 8. Does this, or something similar to it, exist for Win 7?

    Thanks for your patience with my long post.

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-10-31T20:25:49+00:00

    I only have HKEY files. I don't have HKLM. I assume something is wrong. How do I correct it.

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-05-04T14:29:16+00:00

    Windows7. IE: Version 11

    Message: Task Manager is corrupt or has been tampered with.

    TASK

    user_feed_synchronization-{C3FB79A6-371B-427B-81D0-A20997CBC6F6}

    The ANSWER doesn't work.  When I found the above path, it would not allow me to delete. HELP, PLEASE!  THANKS.

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