Bits service set to manual

 · With me, for some reason, the Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) is set to manual and column 'Status' (Services) is blanc. I, myself, did not touch the settings of this service, so, likely it is done by 'something else', don't know.  · BITS reverts to Manual - Microsoft Community. Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) transfers files in the background using network bandwidth. If the service is not running then Windows Update which depends on BITS is unable to. BITS reverts to Manual.  · The behavior of BITS changes after these updates and it's normal operation becomes being set to not running and manual. Then it will kick off every now and then to check for jobs, and shut back down. I started up a fresh Server box and ran .

Hi elwappogk, "I am working on a system where group policy has been configured to set the BITS service to manual startup." I have checked the group policy on my Windows 7 machine and there is no group policy could be used to configure the startup type of this service. The Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) is an easy way for programs to ask Windows to download files from or upload files to a remote HTTP or SMB file server. BITS will handle problems like network outages, expensive networks (when your user is on a cell plan and is roaming), and more. A service can be set to Automatic, so that it starts as soon as the OS loads, but it can also stop gracefully on its own when the service has no more work to do. After it has stopped, a trigger can start it again at any time. So to recap, both Automatic and Manual services can have triggers that manually start them.

Hi elwappogk, "I am working on a system where group policy has been configured to set the BITS service to manual startup." I have checked the group policy on my Windows 7 machine and there is no group policy could be used to configure the startup type of this service. The Startup Type for BITS is delayed auto-start. Prior to Windows Vista The Startup Type for BITS is Manual. When a BITS job is created, the Startup Type changes to Automatic. The Startup Type returns to Manual when all jobs are complete or canceled. BITS reverts to Manual - Microsoft Community. Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) transfers files in the background using network bandwidth. If the service is not running then Windows Update which depends on BITS is unable to. BITS reverts to Manual.