windows update

[harvey12]

hi,
am having a problem with windows update. First time it said it could not update because the service was not running. I ran FixWU and it worked and searched for updates and found 9. When I tried to download these updates I got an error message saying they could not be downloaded. Error code was 80246008. Can anyone help, thanks.

[Nick T]

Is this what you tried ?? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/9710...ItMyselfAlways

[harvey12]

yep, tried that as well. said it found a problem, but couldn't fix it.

[plodr]

You did not mention what version of windows you are running.
Look in services. Do You Have BITS (Background Intelligent Transfer Service) listed in services? Is is running?

[harvey12]

I am running windows 7. BITS is not listed in services.

[LauraR]

Hi, you can follow this to restart your BITS service: http://windows.microsoft.com/is-IS/w...error-80246008

[plodr]

Someone else had BITS go missing - not listed in services.
It will take me awhile to try and track down the thread. There was a link to download it and then it will appear in services and updates should be operational again.

Found quicker than I thought! Go here http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...ows-7-fix.html
scroll down to If you don't have BITS service or cannot to run it,none of previous method help... and click the download button below that.
This will download a reg file. I know in XP you simply click it and confirm that you want it merged with the registry. I'm not sure how it works in Win 7 because I haven't tweaked the registry. You might need to right click and select "run as administrator".