{"id":26763,"date":"2022-06-14T12:24:27","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T06:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=26763"},"modified":"2023-08-09T23:10:10","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T17:40:10","slug":"restore-bits-service-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/restore-bits-service-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"Restore Missing BITS Service in Windows 10\/11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) service transfers files in the background using idle network bandwidth. If the service is disabled, then any applications that depend on BITS, such as Windows Update, will be unable to automatically download programs and other information.<\/p>\n<p>If the BITS service is missing in the Services MMC console in Windows 10\/11, use the registry fix in this article to restore it.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>How to Restore Missing BITS Service in Windows 10\/11<\/h2>\n<p>To restore the Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) service in Windows 10\/11 computer, follow these steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Download <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/bits_service.zip\">bits_service.zip<\/a> and extract the contents to a folder.<\/li>\n<li>Double-click the appropriate registry file applicable to your OS (Windows 10 or 11) and Build\/Version.<\/li>\n<li>Click Yes to apply the settings to the registry.<\/li>\n<li>Restart Windows for the BITS service to get registered correctly.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>(Note that the registry files have been extracted from computers running Windows 11 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/find-windows-10-build-version-edition-bit\/\">Version<\/a> 21H2 &amp; 22H2 and Windows 10 Version 21H2 &amp; 22H2.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>*Important*:<\/strong> If the Windows Update services are deleted at every restart, your system could be infected. See the article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/windows-update-services-deleted-every-restart\/\">Windows Update services are deleted<\/a> at every restart for more information.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The BITS service registry key is located at:<\/p>\n<pre>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\BITS<\/pre>\n<p>By default, the Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) service is set to Manual start.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/windows-10-default-services-configuration\/\">Windows 10 Default Services Configuration and Permissions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/windows-11-default-services-configuration\/\">Windows 11 Default Services Configuration and Permissions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I hope the above registry fix has restored the missing BITS service to the Services console in your Windows 10\/11 device.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>See also:<\/strong>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/missing-windows-update-wuauserv-service-windows-10-11\/\">[Fix] Missing Windows Update (wuauserv) Service in Windows 10\/11<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) service transfers files in the background using idle network bandwidth. If the service is disabled, then any applications that depend on BITS, such as Windows Update, will be unable to automatically download programs and other information. If the BITS service is missing in the Services MMC console in Windows &#8230; <a title=\"Restore Missing BITS Service in Windows 10\/11\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/restore-bits-service-windows\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Restore Missing BITS Service in Windows 10\/11\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,869],"tags":[441,490],"class_list":["post-26763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows-10","category-windows-11","tag-registry","tag-services"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8490,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/error-0x80070424-windows-update-and-microsoft-store\/","url_meta":{"origin":26763,"position":0},"title":"Error 0x80070424 in Windows Update and Microsoft Store","author":"Ramesh","date":"April 4, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"When you attempt to check for updates from the settings page in Windows 10, the error 0x80070424 may appear. 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