The handle is invalid error upon startup.

Hi, I get the following errors when logging onto Win XP Pro:

"The handle is invalid." After clicking OK, I get the next error: ""The
specified resource type cannot be found in the image file." After clicking
OK, the next error shows up: "The operation completed successfully." After
clicking OK, Windows starts up fine. Prior to getting these errors, I
installed new a print driver for a new HP printer and uninstalled the old
print driver for the printer that was replaced. I doubt it has anything to
do with the startup errors. Since the computer was running very slow, I
perfomed Disk Cleanup, Disk Defragment, installed XP SP 2, Critical Updates,
and Office Updates which improved it's performance but the errors continued.

I checked out the Event Viewer and saw there were issues with profiles
unloading properly when logging off. I went to the link on the event
properties (Event 1517) and it recommended to download User Profile Hive
Cleanup Service. So I did that and it solved the profile unloading problem.

Another issue I found in Event Viewer is that the IMAPI CD-Burning COM
Service is intermittenly stopping and starting. In MSCONFIG it shows the
service as stopped. I changed it to Manual and rebooted - still got the "The
handle is invalid" and "The operation completed successfully" errors.
Services still showed as being disabled. I changed it to Automatic and still
got the errors after rebooting.

Does anyone know what I can try now? I'm at the end of my rope with this
issue.

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Thank you for your help - TechGirlAZ
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