Strange Error Message on Startup

Hi, everyone. First of all, thanks for checking out my post. Secondly, here's the problem:

Every time I start up Windows, I get a small pop-up error message that has the following:

Run-time error '-2146697211 (800c0005)':
System error: -2146697211'

I have Windows XP SP3. Could someone help me figure out what this means and how to fix it, please? I'd be very very grateful. Thanks a million!

How does it behave if you boot to Safe Mode with Networking? If better then something is starting at boot that is causing the problem.

Use msconfig to determine what is causing the problem.

These are good tutorials on using msconfig in XP or Vista:
How to use msconfig in Windows XP
How to use msconfig in Windows Vista

Click on Start then Run, type msconfig and press Enter.
Click on the Startup tab, record what is currently starting then click the Disable All button.
Reboot and see if the problem is gone.
If yes then use msconfig to enable several items at a time till you find the culprit.

If no, boot to Safe Mode again, start msconfig and click on the Services tab.
Check the Hide All Microsoft Services box, record what is currently starting then click the Disable All button.
Again, do a regular boot, see if the problem is gone.
If yes then use msconfig to enable services till you find the culprit.

Once you've found the culprit, uninstall it or find out how to eliminate it from your system.
Simply disabling it in msconfig is a temporary fix at best.
Enable everything else you disabled.