Re: Background Intelligent Transfer Service refuses to be stopped

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From: Scott White [MSFT] (scottwhi_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/31/04 

Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 14:09:47 -0800

Hello Pete,

I can't speak to the list of services at the link you provide, but I think
you should just be aware of what the service does, what other components
rely on the service, and the possible consequences of disabling the service
before doing so. Services exist for a reason and if you're not entirely sure
what the service does and the consequences of disabling a service, maybe you
should preserve the default behavior of the component (computer).

As Sudheer said, disabling BITS affects a many Microsoft applications and an
unknown number of third-party applications that rely on BITS to transfer
files, not just Automatic Update.

Scott 

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"Pete" <pete@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:if1i60ltgm5bu4tqus0okcptfjelci3kt6@4ax.com...
> Hi Sudheer GN,
>
> On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 13:05:29 -0800, "Sudheer GN [MSFT]"
> <sudheer@online.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >BITS service is used by a number of applications other thatn AutoUpdate
and
> >it can be started if any of those applications try to access BITS
service.
> >Examples of other applications are MSN Messenger, MSN Explorer, MS Money
etc
> >
> >If you want the service not to be started, please change the startup type
to
> >be "Disabled" in the "Control Panel/Admin Tools/Services". This will
affect
> >any application that tries to use BITS service and hence it is not
> >recommended.
>
> Okay, got it. Thank you.
>
> >Also, we would like to understand why you dont want BITS service to be
> >running. Can you please give us some details?
>
> I've come across a few websites that recommend that BITS, among
> several other services, be disabled for better performance. One of
> these websites is as follows:
>
> http://www.sanx.org/tipShow.asp?articleRef=65
>
> Could they be wrong?
>
> Pete
>
>
>
>

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