Re: xp phoning home to MS, why? 207.46.245.220

From: Waheeba (Waheeba_at_aol.com)
Date: 01/15/05 

Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 21:10:10 -0600

Ok all. I turned this off: "Background Intelligent Transfer Service" and the
problem went away.

"Waheeba" <Waheeba@aol.com> wrote in message
news:uElmUrp%23EHA.3368@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>I installed SP2 and have all updates turned off, including the error
>reporting service. I noticed that heavy traffic was still going through my
>modem. I used active ports program to find that I was connecting a the
>remote IP of 207.46.245.220, which goes back to Microsoft. The complete IP
>info is below. Why is Microsoft taking you my dial up connection and
>slowing my data transfer down by having my computer phone home? How can I
>stop this without uninstalling SP2?
>

Relevant Pages

  • Re: BIT Service
    ... Microsoft reference and your kindness. ... >Background Intelligent Transfer Service ... >Update Available for the Background Intelligent Transfer ... >Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin)
  • Re: BIT Service
    ... > Microsoft reference and your kindness. ... >> Update Available for the Background Intelligent Transfer Service ... >> Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin)
  • Re: xp phoning home to MS, why? 207.46.245.220
    ... Manual updates via Windows Update Version 5 web site requires Cryptographic ... Services, Background Intelligent Transfer Service, and Event Log to be ... which goes back to Microsoft. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics)
  • Re: BITS Error 2147942402 (0x80070002)
    ... > check the view installation history. ... > run the start in the Background Intelligent Transfer Service ... > and you will see the update windows running again:)" ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsupdate)
  • Re: BITS Error 2147942402 (0x80070002)
    ... > "If your computer download an update, but there is not a error number check the view ... > installation history. ... > run the start in the Background Intelligent Transfer Service ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsupdate)