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Event ID 408: User presence

Windows Event ID Lookup: What Windows event IDs mean: 4625, 4624, 4740, 6008, 41, 7045, 1102 and 3,000 more, with Windows' own message text, the fields and what to check.

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User presence

Event 408
Kernel-Power
System log
Information
Message and fields (as Event Viewer shows them)
User presence:…

Task Scheduler service failed to initialize idle state detection module.

Event 408
TaskScheduler
TaskScheduler/Operational log
Error
Message and fields (as Event Viewer shows them)
Task Scheduler service failed to initialize idle state detection module. Idle tasks may not be started as required. Additional Data: Error Value: ….