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. An update is available to resolve this problem.

You use Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) to download files on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. You enable Kerberos authentication.

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.

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.

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.

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. An update is available to resolve this problem.

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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.

Fixes a Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) service issue that occurs after the WMI service provides localized information to some WMI clients in Windows Server 2008 R2 or in Windows 7.

Automatic Update service or Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) is disabled One of the key pillars of the Microsoft security strategy is to make sure that systems are kept current on updates.