BITS 'Fails to Start' Problem on Vista Has Solution

Please add this fix to the Microsoft KB.

The solution to the BITS (Background Intelligent Tranfer Service -

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/331716) startup problem (thereby

making the O/S unstable and making downloads of updates pretty much

impossible) seems to have an answer. However no solution is discussed in the

KB, or so it seems. I did this myself and it fixed the problem for me. Why

does it work? I have no idea. The answer is posted here:

http://www.eggheadcafe.com/software/aspnet/30563319/bits-service-fails-to-sta.aspx

Text:

'This was the third newsgroup I have posted to and this has become a bit of a

sore point. I started in the Windows Vista installation/setup newsgroup. No

answer for over a month (so much for the Microsoft TechNet subscriber

With this error, BITS starts and immediately stops. BitsAdmin does not work

in this scenario under Vista.

I did however STUMBLE upon a fix working on another issue. I have not found

a KB article that describes the fix. I had to restart Vista using the safe

boot/Minimal option and then delete Qmgr*.dat files. Deleting the files

under a normal boot did not work. On my nect normal boot, Windows Update and

BITS functioned properly.

I have found that most of the BITS fixes a Windows XP/200x. That is to be

expected, BUT, pointing Vista users to those fixes has been an excercise in

frustration (as well as fixing the "fixes").'

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