>From memory BITS is supposed to be something you can schedule stuff with. So I did a quick search. May or may not be helpful for future use.
http://www.group-policy.com/ref/policy/59/Set_up_a_work_schedule_to_limit_the_maximum_network_bandwidth_used_for_BITS_background_transfers On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 8:49 AM, Guyer, Don <[email protected]> wrote: > IIRC, at a past employer, we pushed a GPO (or registry change) to either > kill BITS altogether or only allow it at certain times. > > Regards, > > Don Guyer > Catholic Health East - Information Technology > Enterprise Directory & Messaging Services > 3805 West Chester Pike, Suite 100, Newtown Square, Pa 19073 > email: [email protected] > Office: 610.550.3595 | Cell: 610.955.6528 | Fax: 610.271.9440 > For immediate assistance, please open a HEAT ticket or call the helpdesk @ > 610-492-3839. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 11:15 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Cancel wsus clients downloading updates > > Thx! I'll check that out. > It seems that stopping the AU services on the clients didn't stop the > downloads in process. > They did finally finish, but slowed everything to a crawl while they were > downloading. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 10:34 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Cancel wsus clients downloading updates > > I don't think so - the BITS service is the one downloading the updates. > You can use bitsadmin.exe to see what's in the queue and kill them (from > the client side) > > Cheers > Ken > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, 24 May 2012 10:11 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Cancel wsus clients downloading updates > > Will stopping the "automatic updates" service on a windows xp client stop > a download that is already in progress from my wsus server? > Latest batch of .net updates are large and killing my wan. > I'd like to cancel a few clients who already started downloading updates > from wsus. > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ < > http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > . > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ < > http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > Confidentiality Notice: > This e-mail, including any attachments is the > property of Catholic Health East and is intended > for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). > It may contain information that is privileged and > confidential. Any unauthorized review, use, > disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are > not the intended recipient, please delete this message, and > reply to the sender regarding the error in a separate email. > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
