Hello Koen,
My 2 cents ;-)
See if anything here helps.
0x80246008 WU_E_DM_FAILTOCONNECTTOBITS A download manager operation failed
because the download manager was unable to connect the Background Intelligent
Transfer Service (BITS).
<http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=910337>
You receive an error message when you try to download updates from the
Windows Update Web site or from the Microsoft Update Web site, or when you
try to start the Background Intelligent Transfer Service 0x80246008
<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/916251>
Good luck
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"Koen" wrote:
Quote:
> My father-in-law has windows vista home premium.
> He can no longer get any automatic updates, this generates error code
> 80246008. Support information refers to a corrupt BITS service. However, the
> BITS service is missing among the Services. Downloading files from
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940520 does not restore the BITS service.
> Can anyone advise?
> Many thanks,
> Koen