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Set BITS to manual start (Background Intelligent Transfer Service)

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BITS is used by Windows Update and Microsoft Store for throttled background downloads. Setting to Manual lets Windows start it when needed but stops it from idling. Don't disable outright — Windows Update will silently fail.

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Official documentation: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/bits/background-intelligent-transfer-service-portal

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