Problem:

BITS (Background Intelligent Transfer System) fails to run on Windows Vista. This causes Windows Update to fail.


Symptoms:

· Recurring popup mentioning the following: "Background Intelligent Transfer Service has stopped working".
· "ERROR MESSAGE: Host Process for Windows Services stopped working and was closed"
· Windows Aero stops working
· Event log has this message: Faulting application svchost.exe_BITS …

Solution:

"The host process for Windows Services stops working after you download Microsoft updates on a computer that is running Windows Vista" - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940520

References on the web:

· http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.windowsupdate&tid=c1f9eb6d-ca9d-4dba-9850-31f075dc5273&p=1
· http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/support/troubleshooting/
· "How to troubleshoot definition update issues for Windows Defender" http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918355
· "Bitsadmin /util /repairservice" http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/library/2ac7baeb-4340-4186-bfcb-66478195378d1033.mspx?mfr=true
· http://www.eggheadcafe.com/software/aspnet/30432569/host-process-for-windows.aspx
· http://www.eggheadcafe.com/software/aspnet/29443393/background-intelligent-tr.aspx
· http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1952648&SiteID=1
· http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1850978&SiteID=17
· http://help.lockergnome.com/vista/Problem-successful-install-ftopict1067.html
· http://help.wugnet.com/vista/Host-Process-Windows-Services-stopped-working-closed-ftopict68623.html
· "Background Intelligent Transfer Service" - http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa362827.aspx
· http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=27378
· http://www.softwaretipsandtricks.com/necessary_files/30-Background%20Intelligent%20Transfer%20Service%20(BITS).html
· "How to troubleshoot definition update issues for Windows Defender" - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918355
· "List of known issues for Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS)" - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/331716
· "Update Available for the Background Intelligent Transfer Service" - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314862/EN-US

Tags:

BITS
"Background Intelligent Transfer System"
Windows Vista
bitsadmin
Bitsadmin /util /repairservice /force
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