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| - | =====Bits Service Repair===== | ||
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| - | It has come to the IT Department’s attention that many systems on Olin's campus, particularly the freshman D620s, have had trouble with **Windows Automatic Updates**. The problem has manifested itself in a variety of ways including: the system hanging during shutdown for some, and **Automatic Updates** simply not working at all on other systems. In most cases, this issue is caused by a failure of the **BITS** (Background Intelligent Transfer Service) service to start automatically on startup. We have created a patch to correct the BITS problem such that it starts and allows the system to download available updates. | ||
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| - | The patch will perform the following: | ||
| - | - Check your system to determine whether the BITS service is actually running | ||
| - | * If not, it will attempt to start the service | ||
| - | - If it is unable to start the service, it will install a Windows Resource kit with various utilities, including one to reinstall the BITS service. Once installed, the BITS utility will automatically run and reinstall the BITS service. | ||
| - | - Install a startup script that will check that BITS continues to run in the future and will re-repair it if there is a problem. | ||
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