I have a WinXP SP3 workstation. The service BITS will not start. When I try to start it in service.msc I get "Error 2- cannot find file"How do I get BITS working?

Hello Myrt, According to the description, this seems to a Windows XP issue. As we mainly focus on the General question about Windows Server system, for better and accurate answer to the question, it is recommend you to get further support in Windows XP IT Pro forum. Windows XP IT Pro http://social.technet.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/itproxpsp/threads/ Meanwhile, for your reference, I have also included some general steps to fix BITS error. Step: 1: Perform a Clean Boot a. Click "Start", go to "Run", and type "msconfig" in the open box to start the System Configuration Utility. b. Click the "Services" tab, check the "Hide All Microsoft Services" box and click Disable All (if it is not gray). c. Click the "Startup" tab, click "Disable All" and click "OK". d. Restart your computer. When the "System Configuration Utility" window appears, please check the box and click "OK". 2. Insert Windows XP installation CD and then Run "sfc /scannow" in the command prompt. 3. Then run the following commands to register the dlls. Regsvr32 iuengine.dll Regsvr32 wuapi.dll Regsvr32 wuaueng.dll Regsvr32 wucltui.dll Regsvr32 wups.dll Regsvr32 wuauserv.dll Regsvr32 wuweb.dll 4. Find another computer with the same Windows XP which is running BITS service normally, and export the following registry to a registry hive (.reg) on that good computer, and then import the registry hive file (.reg) into the problematic Windows XP box. HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\BITS (Save it as reg hive types) HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\BITS Hope this can be helpful for you. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

I was able to get it to run using "bitsadmin.exe /util /repairservice

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