On Feb 22, 2:50*pm, Mindbank <Mindb...@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> I recently ran into this problem on an XP machine that was just cleaned of
> viruses. The solution was searching the registry for the word BITS. I found
> two places in which the word %SystemRoot% had been changed to %fystemRoot%.
> This was probably changes by some malware to prevent BITS from starting.
> Changing it back fixed the issue.
>
> "In Excelsius Dago" wrote:
> > The error code that I get for updates is 0x80246008. On looking for
> > how to approach this problem, I went to services.msg and opened up the
> > Background Intelligent transfer services dialog. System status showed
> > "stopped." I tried to start, and was told, "Could not start the
> > Background Intelligent Transfer Service service on Local Computer.
> > Error 2: The system cannot find the file specified." The path was C:
> > \WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs. Is this correct, and if so,
> > what file needs to be located and how to I get it, I wonder.

Sweet Zombie Jeebus THIS WORKED. I too found 2 registry entries where
it had "fystem" instead of "system". changed those 2 keys, and bam,
was able to start the BITS service. Updates In Progress! WOOHOO

Thank you!