Cannot set Background Intelligent Transfer Service to "manual"!

Hi, All,

I am running a Dell Inspiron 5150 laptop, 3.06GHz HT, 1.25GB RAM, Windows XP
Professional.

I recently did a format/reinstall of Win XP, and have just finished
reloading my programs, and I'm now at the "tweaking" stage.

I am setting the system up for digital music recording, and this application
requires as few background services running as possible.

I would like to have the Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) set
to "manual", which I understand is the default setting for both Win XP home
and Pro.

I have not had any problems at all with the setup so far, but I have run
into a "glitch" that I can't figure out! I can't find any relevant info on
the web. Also, I've had no problems with Microsoft Update, even after an
interrupted download.



Here is the problem: No matter what I try, I cannot get the Background
Intelligent Transfer Service to stay set to "manual"!



I have been trying to reset the service using the Services App. under
Administrative Tools. I've stopped the service, reset it to manual, rebooted,
and after multiple tries it always comes back to automatic.

I tried again in safe mode, but no luck.

I also tried manually changing the Start dword value in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\BITS from 00000002
to 00000003, but again it came back to automatic after a reboot.

I even got exaspirated and tried setting the service to disabled, and was
STILL reset back to automatic after a reboot!



Anyone have any Idea what might be causing my machine to insist on BITS
being set to "automatic"?

Any suggestions as to how I can resolve this?


Thanks!

Ken

"KenB" <> wrote in message
news:383216E2-9D9A-4E5E-BC18-...
> Hi, All,
>
> I am running a Dell Inspiron 5150 laptop, 3.06GHz HT, 1.25GB RAM, Windows XP
> Professional.
>
> I recently did a format/reinstall of Win XP, and have just finished
> reloading my programs, and I'm now at the "tweaking" stage.
>
> I am setting the system up for digital music recording, and this application
> requires as few background services running as possible.
>
> I would like to have the Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) set
> to "manual", which I understand is the default setting for both Win XP home
> and Pro.
>
> I have not had any problems at all with the setup so far, but I have run
> into a "glitch" that I can't figure out! I can't find any relevant info on
> the web. Also, I've had no problems with Microsoft Update, even after an
> interrupted download.
>
>
>
> Here is the problem: No matter what I try, I cannot get the Background
> Intelligent Transfer Service to stay set to "manual"!
>
>
>
> I have been trying to reset the service using the Services App. under
> Administrative Tools. I've stopped the service, reset it to manual, rebooted,
> and after multiple tries it always comes back to automatic.
>
> I tried again in safe mode, but no luck.
>
> I also tried manually changing the Start dword value in
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\BITS from 00000002
> to 00000003, but again it came back to automatic after a reboot.
>
> I even got exaspirated and tried setting the service to disabled, and was
> STILL reset back to automatic after a reboot!


Have you looked at the possiblity that your changes are happening
but being quickly reversed by some other mechanism,
such as a security app? Run... RegMon (highlighting changes
in Value) to show if that is what's happening.


>
>
>
> Anyone have any Idea what might be causing my machine to insist on BITS
> being set to "automatic"?
>
> Any suggestions as to how I can resolve this?
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> Ken


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
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