Excellent!!! I'm sure that, since you were able to successfully starts BITS,
that the updates will now successfully install. But please, let me know
whether you were successful at updating or not.

You're welcome for all the help, Harold :-)



Regards,

--
Patti MacLeod
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User


"Harold Cataquet" wrote:

> "Patti MacLeod" wrote:
> > A missing registry subkey, FilesNotToBackup, seems to be a common cause of
> > BITS-related errors in, primarily, Windows 2000 systems.
>
> Patti, you're a star! That did it (or at least got BITS going). I will now
> try the update.
>
> Thanks for all your help!
>
> Bye for now
>
> Harold