runningfool Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 seems i cant seem to escape from these weird PC problems...so a friend of mine and i were almost done reinstalling windows xp on his laptop. the only things left to do were to get a few drivers so his sound/ethernet/SD card reader would work. we couldnt find the drivers on the manufacturer's website (only because he INSISTED i install 64-bit xp). so i tried MS update. sure enough the drivers were there, but the downloads never started. the Background Intelligent Transfer Service was set to manual, but would not start. this is a clean install of windows we're working with, and theres no reason BITS shouldnt be able to start...all dependencies are running, all necessary dll's registered. so would anyone know how i can forcibly start BITS (even though it has refused so far), or even better, suggest a site that might have the elusive 64-bit xp drivers we are looking for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIM Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Try to erase this directory:C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Network\downloaderLet me know if it works.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runningfool Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 unfortunately the "downloader" folder wasnt even there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIM Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Try to run this in your command prompt..regsvr32 oleaut32.dllregsvr32 jscript.dllregsvr32 vbscript.dllregsvr32 msxml.dllregsvr32 softpub.dllregsvr32 wintrust.dllregsvr32 initpki.dllregsvr32 cryptdlg.dllBTW, are you using Symantec Anti-Virus?Also, please check the event log and tell me what the system is complaining about - not being able to start BITS, so I can investigate.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runningfool Posted January 30, 2008 Author Share Posted January 30, 2008 (edited) ...found an old article buried on keznews:1. Click Start, click Run, type Regsvr32 %windir%\system32\qmgr.dll, and then click OK.2. Click Start, click Run, type regsvr32 %windir%\system32\qmgrprxy.dll, and then click OK.3. Click Start, click Run, type services.msc, and then click OK.4. Double-click Background Intelligent Transfer Service.5. In the General tab, click Start.btw, symantec wasnt installed, and the only thing on event log was a few errors concerning DCOM...no big deal. anyway, thanks for your help again N1K Edited January 30, 2008 by runningfool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarun Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Have you tried running Dial-a-fix? It helps repair Windows Updates issues which includes BITS.You can also try,rundll32.exe setupapi.dll,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 132 C:\WINDOWS\inf\qmgr.infThere is also the option of updating your BITS to 2.5 (it will be included in Service Pack 3). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runningfool Posted January 31, 2008 Author Share Posted January 31, 2008 we got it working, by re-registering qmgr.dll and qmgrprxy.dll. not a big deal, since he wanted windows updates completely shut off after everything worked again.and Tarun, do you know of any other windows components that i could update? having 64-bit xp means i cant update to SP3...and i usually dont see or look for any hotfixes other than the ones released on patch tuesday... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarun Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Sorry, none that I know of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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