Windows XP Question - BITS

[copeland3300]

What exactly is Background Intelligent Transfer Service? What does it do? I disabled it in services, but now windows update wants me to reenable it. I'm just curious what's the point? Thanks.

 

[Zardoz]

Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) transfers files (downloads or uploads) between a client and server and provides progress information related to the transfers.

 

[lomn75]

And specifically, it's used by WU to grab new updates using low-priority bandwidth.

 

[Sean]

What exactly is Background Intelligent Transfer Service? What does it do? I disabled it in services, but now windows update wants me to reenable it. I'm just curious what's the point? Thanks.

Here's what the horse says

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/bits/bits/bits_start_page.asp

Cheers,