Background Intelligent Transfer Service
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| Service Name: | BITS | Process Name: |
svchost.exe -k netsvcs |
| Safe to Disable: | Yes | Recommended Setting: |
Disable |
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Transfers data between clients and servers in the background. Transfers files in the background using idle network bandwidth. | ||
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If the service is stopped, features such as Windows Update, and MSN Explorer will be unable to automatically download programs and other information. If this service is disabled, any services that explicitly depend on it may fail to transfer files if they do not have a fail safe mechanism to transfer files directly through IE in case BITS has been disabled. Enable this services if you enable Automatic Updates. | ||
| Dependencies: | Remote Procedure Call (RPC) | ||
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