Windows Vista Service: BITS
The Background Intelligent Transfer Service or the "BITS" service is used to automatically tranfer
files in the background using idle network bandwidth.
Default Startup:
Home Basic
Home Premium
Business
Ultimate
Automatic
Automatic
Automatic
Automatic
Depended Services:
Services
Home Basic
Home Premium
Business
Ultimate
COM+ Event System
Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
Required Services:
Services
Home Basic
Home Premium
Business
Ultimate
None
None
None
None
None
If the Background Intelligent Transfer Service is stopped, features such as Windows Update, and MSN Explorer will be unable to automatically download programs and other information.