Hi all,
Thanks for your replies!
Important is that the BITS service is simply not present and that this is a
Vista machine not an XP. Suggestions by Mick and Salvador probably for one of
these reasons did not solve the issue.
Engel: I'll pass on yours, but Vista is not mentioned, only XP and other
platforms.
I come back with more news asap.
Thanks,
Koen
"Engel" wrote:
Quote:
> 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
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> try to start the Background Intelligent Transfer Service 0x80246008
>
> <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/916251>
>
>
> Good luck
>
>
> Ǝ
> -=-
>
>
>
>
> "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