Re: Enabling BITS

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From: Carey Frisch [MVP] (cnfrisch_at_nospamgmail.com)
Date: 09/18/04 

Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2004 13:42:22 -0500

You receive a "The necessary services are disabled or unavailable" error message
when you connect to the Microsoft Windows Update Web site
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;883822&Product=wupd 

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"CaptnKirk" wrote:
| I have gone through the threads for my original error message 0x80070424 and 
| a subsequent error message 0x80070005 and am still unable to run automated 
| updates.  Now when I try to get automated updates I just get "update failed" 
| and no error message.  
| 
| When I try to download BITS from the Website directly, I get a message that 
| service Pac Version is newer than you are applying - No need to install this 
| update.
| 
| When I run Services.msc, I get a message "could not start BITS Service on 
| local computer.  It gives me Error number 2 "The system cannot find the 
| specified file."  Automated updates does now say Startup type: Automatic and 
| Service Status" Started
| 
| How can I fix BITS so Automated Updates will work?"
| -- 
| Kirk

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