This problem occurs because the Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) state files are corrupted. This problem stops the host process for Windows Services. This behavior prevents you from using BITS to transfer files. Resolution. An update is available to resolve this problem.

On a computer that is running Windows 7 Service Pack 1, a Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) multirange transfer of a large file fails consistently. A .wim image may typically be over the 4 gigabyte (GB) limitation. In this case, the download of the image through BITS fails.

Cause. This problem occurs because the Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) state files are corrupted. This problem stops the host process for Windows Services. This behavior prevents you from using BITS to transfer files.

Make sure your Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) is turned on: In the search box on the taskbar, type Control Panel , then select it from the results. Select System and Security > Administrative Tools , choose Services from the list, and then choose Background Intelligent Transfer Service from the list.

The Microsoft Windows Update client program requires Microsoft Windows HTTP Services (WinHTTP) to scan for available updates. Additionally, the Windows Update client uses the Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) or Delivery Optimization (DO) to download these updates.

Note If Microsoft Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) has any pending jobs, BITS will be set to automatically start at startup, and you may notice this behavior. Cause. This behavior occurs because of a race condition. In Windows Server 2003, BITS depends on the EventSystem service.

This article describes an issue in which the throttling policy is ignored for Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) traffic in Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2. A hotfix is available to fix this issue. Before you install this hotfix, see the Prerequisites section.

Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) Cause. This issue occurs because the WMI service does not clear the preferred language information correctly after the WMI service provides localized information to some WMI clients. This behavior causes the WMI service to crash. Resolution. Hotfix information.

Symptoms. Assume that you use Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) to deploy an application on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. Additionally, assume that you configure the throttling policy in BITS to restrict the network bandwidth. In this scenario, the performance of BITS is slower than expected.

Symptoms. Assume that you configure bandwidth throttling settings by using a Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) Group Policy in an Active Directory domain environment. Then you perform transfers on a computer that is running Windows 7 Service Pack 1 or Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1. In this situation, when the second and ...