Windows Update shield not showing up in notification Area......

[STC]

Some context:

• A couple days ago I had experienced this: http://www.sevenforums.com/windows-...t-100-windows-update-not-pulling-updates.html
• I left Windows Update open all night and it finally found the updates and when I woke up I installed them. Took 2 hrs or so to install the updates
• Svchost is not acting up anymore

Now the issue is that the Windows Update shield is not showing in the notification bar. I know for sure there are updates available. When I go to install the update I see the lil "downloading and installing" icon in the notification area.

Anyone experience the missing Windows Update shield before? This is a first for me.

 

[NoelDP]

There is no Shield in Windows 7? - and mostly the notifications are hidden, unless there's a reboot pending.
You can change the Notification behaviour by right-clicking on the TaskBar - select Properties.
In the Taskbar page, click on 'Customise...'
Select Windows Update in the listing, and change to 'Show Icon and Notifications'
Click OK out.

 

[STC]

Thx for the reply NoelDP, but I have mine set to "check for updates, but let me choose whether to download them or not". There is a yellow shield notification and it pops up in the notification area when updates are available.

Since the incident this week, I am not seeing the yellow shield.

 

[Callender]

Well I'm currently seeing the same thing and I've seen it before. I'm not worried. A quick look at past notification area icons reveals a few incorrect icons along with a few missing icons.

These are all incorrect and there are more that are not shown in the screenshot:

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has Comodo AV icon assigned!

Also if you can make out the icon at the top "Windows Updates" - currently

What I do next is rebuild icon cache then reboot.

Then reset notification area icons then reboot.

Then re-customize notification area icons.

That usually fixes it.

See Brink's scripts here:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/13102-notification-area-icons-reset.html

and here:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/49819-icon-cache-rebuild.html

 

[Callender]

Note: If running the Notification Area Icons - Reset script it's important not to close the window when you see the message "The operation completed successfully" - wait until you see the reboot prompt.

All fixed for me:

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[STC]

Thanks Callender. I tried rebuild and reset and didn't work Update shield is not showing and it should w/ important updates available.

When I install it, the install icon shows up.

Its not the end of the world, but it is a bit annoying. I guess now i'll have to remember to manually check for updates every few days or so. Not sure what happened as was all working fine last week.
You will be missed yellow updates shield

 

[Callender]

Well I guess you'll need to wait until the next scheduled windows update check (tomorrow) to see if it's working or not.

 

[STC]

Well I guess you'll need to wait until the next scheduled windows update check (tomorrow) to see if it's working or not.

If that was the case shouldn't I see the shield icon show up in my 1st pic as there was an update available?

 

[Callender]

Don't take my word on it but as far as I know it should show up after a scheduled windows update check and not just because there are updates available following a previous windows updates check.

Actually you might have to wait until further updates are available so it could be a while. The other option to test would be to uninstall a recent update - reboot and run a new update check.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

I had a similar problem. After hiding the same, blasted Skype update four times in an hour or so, the icon disappeared and I couldn't get the thing back, even after trying to reset it in Customize. I just now looked in Customize again and it was showing the icon disabled. I reenabled the stupid thing and the icon is back now. It was as though MS was punishing me for rejecting their precious Skype.

 

[Callender]

Okay so I deleted my earlier posts but maybe this thread is best left to Noel to solve.

 

[STC]

I just want advice on how to fix my problem. Appreciate all the help you guys have given me with this.

 

[STC]

Update:
I found the Windows Update Automated Troubleshooter and ran it. It says I have an error 0x80070057.



But then when I click on detailed information I see that everything was fixed:



Scroll down some more and you can see what was supposedly fixed:



But is it really fixed? So I ran the tool again. Exact same result.
1st it says its not fix in the review, but when I look at detailed it says its fixed.

Obviously its not fixed, so I'm a bit confused.

 

[UsernameIssues]

I don't know of anything for you to try, but please post your images via these steps:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/9733-screenshots-files-upload-post-seven-forums.html

Some images in your last post did not come thru.

 

[STC]

I don't know of anything for you to try, but please post your images via these steps:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/9733-screenshots-files-upload-post-seven-forums.html

Some images in your last post did not come thru.

Thx! I edited my previous post.

 

[UsernameIssues]

The icon in the notification area is probably not going to be fixed by that troubleshooter.

Please follow these steps...
http://www.sevenforums.com/windows-...4840-windows-update-posting-instructions.html
...and wait for NoelDP to show back up.

 

[STC]

The icon in the notification area is probably not going to be fixed by that troubleshooter.

Please follow these steps...
http://www.sevenforums.com/windows-...4840-windows-update-posting-instructions.html
...and wait for NoelDP to show back up.

I figured, but thought I try. I found the System Update readiness Tool and ran it an a few hrs ago. It found a hotfix and installed it. Took an he to install the hotfix. We'll see

 

[NoelDP]

Please post the requested logs - the CheckSUR tool almost always exits without flagging errors, but may still have found stuff that needs to be fixed.

 

[STC]

Please post the requested logs - the CheckSUR tool almost always exits without flagging errors, but may still have found stuff that needs to be fixed.

Attached is the requested logs. Appreciate all the help Noel!

View attachment 369671

 

[NoelDP]

It looks to me like you may have a 'stuck' update - KB3006625 - which is getting in the way of things. (although why you aren't having other symptoms, I'm not sure!)

Please open an Elevated command Prompt, and run the following command

DIR C:\Windows\pending.xm* /S

It'll take a few minutes to complete - post the results...
Here are some instructions to make life easier
1) To open an Elevated Command Prompt Window (the ECP window), click on Start, All Programs, Accessories – then right-click on Command Prompt, and select Run as Administrator. Accept the UAC prompt.
2) To run the commands easier, highlight the block of commands, and right-click on the highlight – select Copy. In the CP Window, click on the black/white icon at top left – select Paste. The commands will run but may not complete the last command, so hit the Enter Key once.
3) To copy the results... click on the Black/White icon in the top left, and select Edit... 'Select All', and hit the Enter key - then use Ctrl+V or r-click+Paste to paste it into your response.