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Thanks Sharon,
It works like a charm.
Have to ask though why this service is not automatic by default. It's a
huge win for a lot of users, yet when I
asked around nobody ever heard of it.
Regards,
Al




"Sharon F" <sharonfDEL@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 23:09:02 -0500, Al_C wrote:
>
>> Hi, A friend of mine claims that during the intial setup of windows XP
>> home
>> he was given the choice to
>> pick up dowloads that failed where they left off. This would allow not
>> having to start again after the first
>> attempt fail. Have never seen this option, but I have seen it work on a
>> machine he claims to have set that
>> parameter. We were downloading .net 2.0 and it failed at a 75% point,
>> but
>> when we tried to do the download
>> again, it picked up where it left off.
>> If there is such a parameter, can someone please point it out? Would
>> save
>> me a lot of grief.
>> Thanks,
>
> The BITS service is what enables this feature on SP2 systems.
> BITS=Background Intelligent Transfer Service.
>
> An update is available for Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS)
> 2.0 for Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/842309/en-us
> --
> Sharon F
> MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User


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