How to stop Background Intelligent transfer service(BITS) from downloading stuff on Windows 10

There are several methods you find if you google

1. Setting the BITS Start Key under HKLM\Services\CurrentControlSet to 4


2. Run "sc stop bits"


3. Run mscongig & go to startup and uncheck Background Intelligent Transfer Service.

I tried all of these but none of these prevent BITS from downloading stuff in the background.

Normally, it's not so bad, but I had a Windows Update download stop in between when my internet connection went down. When my internet connection came back up, the BITS choked up my internet connection downloading stuff continously. You will see it in Task Manager Performance Tab Monitor Resources as hostsvc -k netsvcs.

Answer

None of the above methods worked. What actually worked was setting my Wifi Connection as a metered connection.

The way to do this is

• Go to Network and Settings->Wifi


• Click on your connection


• Click on Advanced options below the list of your Wifi Connections


• Set Metered Connections to On.

This seems to be the only thing which can stop BITS from download stuff in the background.

BITS had made my laptop unusable for a few hours before I found this workaround.