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my BITS service is off and cannot be restarted, and it's affecting MS updates. when i try to restart BITS i get error code 193: 0xc1. i have searched high and low for the last few days looking for a fix. also when i try and open Event Viewer i get another error saying MMC Snap-In cannot be created, same thing with Task Schedular. oh, when i click on BITS properties while in Services i see that Path to Executable as C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs . is this correct? HP Pavilion Notebook dv9408nr Vista Home Premium AMD Turion64x2

hello everyone..i've been lurking here for months and finaly decided to become a member. a lot of good info has been gained by reading everything thats been posted by you guys.