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
    2012-08-13T18:28:33+00:00

    Bless you, Mouneshwar, if you believe in any god or gods, and if it or they exist, then may they all bless you. That actually worked. I should mention that it would not allow me to delete the Handshake subkey, but, not to worry. I ran into this problem as a result of trying to solve another problem, the disk defrag not working, and that problem occurred as a result of trying to solve yet another problem, corrupted autochk.exe files that sfc could not fix. I wrestled with the original problem for a couple of years, with Microsoft itself regarding Vista and now Win7 on this machine, regarding the original corrupted system files problem. Your support finally stopped responding to me (I bought a "real" Vista and Win7 to replace the oem, specifically to get "real"--I had hoped--support). Despite months of emails, they never fixed the problem with Vista. The problem hardly ever happened with Win7. It did occur again with Win7, and the source files were corrupt. So, when nothing else worked, and replacing the autochk.exe files doesn't fix it, I decided to try Reimage. Reimage fixed the autochk.exe problem, but, in the process, it messed up the defrag, which I traced to the task image being corrupt.  I had never had any problem with any Windows defrag, except that with Me it used to hang.

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-09-24T18:55:50+00:00

    Thank you so much. I spent hours searching for fixes. Nothing worked.Then you saved the day. It was so simple too.

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-09-26T06:33:15+00:00

    Hi Shekhar,

    I just wanted to mention that I had the symptoms espbrian described, where the Catastrophic Error would occur when attempting to schedule backups, and backups claimed not to be set up when in fact they had.  Your 'Method 2' fixed the problem for me.  Many thanks!

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