Unblock Windows XP updates across a network with this member admin script

Overview TechRepublic asked members to submit their favorite Network Administration scripts and this is one of the responses. You can use this script to automate the cleanup of old BITS jobs that may have stuck in the queue during a previous Windows update.

One of the favorite methods that administrators use to automate repetitive tasks and push out changes across a network is with scripting. As a result, administrators often build up their own library of scripts to manipulate various functions in a Windows network. In the Download Weekly Newsletter, TechRepublic asked members to submit their favorite Network Administration scripts. This is a download of a script submitted by TechRepublic member Tina Shields that automates the cleanup of old Background Intelligent Transfer Services (BITS) jobs that may have stuck in the queue during a previous Windows update.

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