If you are facing Windows Update Error 80246008, then this means that there are issues with Background Intelligent Transfer Service or with COM+ Event System. Either of these services cannot start which are important for Windows Update to work and hence the error. While sometimes configuration error with BITS can cause the above issue, as you see, there are different reasons, but they are all associated with BITS. So without wasting any time let’s see how to actually Fix Windows Update Error 80246008 with the below-listed troubleshooting guide.
Fix Windows Update Error 80246008
Nco ntsoov tsim qhov taw tes rov qab tsuas yog thaum muaj qee yam yuam kev.
Method 1: Make Sure BITS and COM+ Event System Services are running
1. Press Windows Keys + R then type services.msc thiab ntaus nkag.
2. Now find BITS and COM+ Event System Services, then double click on each of them.
3. Xyuas kom tseeb tias hom Startup yog teem rau Tsis siv neeg, and each of the above services is running, if not then click on the Start khawm.
4. Nyem Thov, ua raws li OK.
5. Reboot your PC and again try to update Windows.
Method 2: Registry Fix
1. Open Notepad and copy the below content as it is:
Qhov rai Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetservicesBITS]
“DisplayName”=”@%SystemRoot%system32qmgr.dll,-1000”
“ImagePath”=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,
74,00,25,00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,73,
00,76,00,63,00,68,00,6f,00,73,00,74,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,2d,00,
6b,00,20,00,6e,00,65,00,74,00,73,00,76,00,63,00,73,00,00,00
“Description”=”@%SystemRoot%system32qmgr.dll,-1001”
“ObjectName”=”LocalSystem”
“ErrorControl”=dword:00000001
“Start”=dword:00000002
“DelayedAutoStart”=dword:00000001
“Type”=dword:00000020
“DependOnService”=hex(7):52,00,70,00,63,00,53,00,73,00,00,00,45,00,76,00,65,00,
6e,00,74,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,00,00,00,00
“ServiceSidType”=dword:00000001
“RequiredPrivileges”=hex(7):53,00,65,00,43,00,72,00,65,00,61,00,74,00,65,00,47,
00,6c,00,6f,00,62,00,61,00,6c,00,50,00,72,00,69,00,76,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,
67,00,65,00,00,00,53,00,65,00,49,00,6d,00,70,00,65,00,72,00,73,00,6f,00,6e,
00,61,00,74,00,65,00,50,00,72,00,69,00,76,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,67,00,65,00,
00,00,53,00,65,00,54,00,63,00,62,00,50,00,72,00,69,00,76,00,69,00,6c,00,65,
00,67,00,65,00,00,00,53,00,65,00,41,00,73,00,73,00,69,00,67,00,6e,00,50,00,
72,00,69,00,6d,00,61,00,72,00,79,00,54,00,6f,00,6b,00,65,00,6e,00,50,00,72,
00,69,00,76,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,67,00,65,00,00,00,53,00,65,00,49,00,6e,00,
63,00,72,00,65,00,61,00,73,00,65,00,51,00,75,00,6f,00,74,00,61,00,50,00,72,
00,69,00,76,00,69,00,6c, 00,65,00,67,00,65,00,00,00,00,00 Nws
“FailureActions”=hex:80,51,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,14,00,00,
00,01,00,00,00,60,ea,00,00,01,00,00,00,c0,d4,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetservicesBITSParameters]
“ServiceDll”=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,
00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,
71,00,6d,00,67,00,72,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,00,00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetservicesBITSPerformance]
“Library”=”bitsperf.dll”
“Open”=”PerfMon_Open”
“Collect”=”PerfMon_Collect”
“Close”=”PerfMon_Close”
“InstallType”=dword:00000001
“PerfIniFile”=”bitsctrs.ini”
“First Counter”=dword:0000086c
“Last Counter”=dword:0000087c
“First Help”=dword:0000086d
“Last Help”=dword:0000087d
“Object List”=”2156”
“PerfMMFileName”=”GlobalMMF_BITS_s”
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetservicesBITSSecurity]
“Security”=hex:01,00,14,80,94,00,00,00,a4,00,00,00,14,00,00,00,34,00,00,00,02,
00,20,00,01,00,00,00,02,c0,18,00,00,00,0c,00,01,02,00,00,00,00,00,05,20,00,
00,00,20,02,00,00,02,00,60,00,04,00,00,00,00,00,14,00,fd,01,02,00,01,01,00,
00,00,00,00,05,12,00,00,00,00,00,18,00,ff,01,0f,00,01,02,00,00,00,00,00,05,
20,00,00,00,20,02,00,00,00,00,14,00,8d,01,02,00,01,01,00,00,00,00,00,05,0b,
00,00,00,00,00,18,00,fd,01,02,00,01,02,00,00,00,00,00,05,20,00,00,00,23,02,
00,00,01,02,00,00,00,00,00,05,20,00,00,00,20,02,00,00,01,02,00,00,00,00,00,
05,20,00,00,00,20,02,00,00
2. Now from Notepad menu, nyem rau ntawm cov ntaub ntawv ces nias Txuag Raws Li.
3. Select your desired location (most preferably Desktop) and then name the file as BITS.reg (the .reg extension is important).
4. From the Save as type drop-down select All file thiab ces nias Tseg.
5. Right-click on the file (BITS.reg) and select Khiav li tus Administrator.
6. If will give warning, select Yog mus ntxiv.
7. Reboot koj lub PC kom txuag tau cov kev hloov pauv.
8. Qhib Hais kom sai. The user can perform this step by searching for 'cmd' Thiab tom qab ntawd nias sau.
9. Ntaus cov lus txib hauv qab no rau hauv cmd thiab ntaus Enter tom qab txhua tus:
NET START BITS
NET START COM+ EVENT SYSTEM
SC QC BITS
SC QUERYEX BITS
SC QC EVENTSYSTEM
10. Again try to Update Windows and see if you’re able to Fix Windows Update Error 80246008.
Txoj Kev 3: Khiav Windows Update Troubleshooter
1. In control panel search Troubleshooting in the Search Bar on the top right side and then click on Troubleshooting.
2. Next, from the left window, pane select Saib tag nrho.
3. Then from the Troubleshoot computer problems list select Qhov Hloov Piav Qhia qhov rais
4. Follow on-screen instructions and let the Windows Update Troubleshoot run.
5. Restart your PC and see if you can fix Windows Update Error 80246008.
Txoj Kev 4: Pib dua Windows Update Cheebtsam
1. Qhib Hais kom sai. The user can perform this step by searching for 'cmd' Thiab tom qab ntawd nias sau.
2. Ntaus cov lus txib hauv qab no rau hauv cmd thiab ntaus Enter tom qab txhua tus:
net nres cov khoom
net nres wuauserv
net nres appsvc
net nres cryptsvc
3. Delete the qmgr*.dat files, to do this again open cmd and type:
Del “%ALLUSERSPROFILE%Application DataMicrosoftNetworkDownloaderqmgr*.dat”
4. Type the following into cmd and hit Enter:
cd /d %windir%system32
5. Reregister the BITS files and the Windows Update files. Type each of the following commands individually in cmd and hit Enter after each one:
regsvr32.exe atl.dll regsvr32.exe urlmon.dll regsvr32.exe mshtml.dll regsvr32.exe shdocvw.dll regsvr32.exe browseui.dll regsvr32.exe jscript.dll regsvr32.exe vbscript.dll regsvr32.exe scrrun.dll regsvr32.exe msxml.dll regsvr32.exe msxml3.dll regsvr32.exe msxml6.dll regsvr32.exe actxprxy.dll regsvr32.exe softpub.dll regsvr32.exe wintrust.dll regsvr32.exe dssenh.dll regsvr32.exe rsaenh.dll regsvr32.exe gpkcsp.dll regsvr32.exe sccbase.dll regsvr32.exe slbcsp.dll regsvr32.exe cryptdlg.dll regsvr32.exe oleaut32.dll regsvr32.exe ole32.dll regsvr32.exe shell32.dll regsvr32.exe initpki.dll regsvr32.exe wuapi.dll regsvr32.exe wuaueng.dll regsvr32.exe wuaueng1.dll regsvr32.exe wucltui.dll regsvr32.exe wups.dll regsvr32.exe wups2.dll regsvr32.exe wuweb.dll regsvr32.exe qmgr.dll regsvr32.exe qmgrprxy.dll regsvr32.exe wucltux.dll regsvr32.exe muweb.dll regsvr32.exe wuwebv.dll
6. To reset Winsock:
netsh winsock pib dua
7. Reset the BITS service and the Windows Update service to the default security descriptor:
sc.exe sdset bits D:(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;SY)(A;;CCDCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRSDRCWDWO;;;BA)(A;;CCLCSWLOCRRC;;;AU)(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;PU)
sc.exe sdset wuauserv D:(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;SY)(A;;CCDCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRSDRCWDWO;;;BA)(A;;CCLCSWLOCRRC;;;AU)(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;PU)
8. Again start the Windows update services:
net pib khoom
net pib wuauserv
net pib appsvc
net pib cryptsvc
9. Install the latest Windows Update Agent.
10. Reboot your PC and see if you’re able to fix the issue.
pom zoo:
Qhov ntawd yog nws koj tau ua tiav Fix Windows Update Error 80246008 tab sis yog tias koj tseem muaj lus nug txog phau ntawv qhia no ces xav nug lawv hauv cov lus qhia.