Problem: Windows Update Tray Notification Icon displays in the taskbar stating "New updates are available". When the Windows Update utility is run, it states that there are no updates available. Run Check for Windows Update and there are still no updates, but the Tray Icon persists.I've rebooted quite a bit. I have 1 update hidden (for Toshiba HDD Protection driver), so I'm wondering if there is a bug in that?I recently rebuilt this machine because that very same Toshiba HDD Protection driver, when installed, obliterated my previous install (many directories missing after first reboot, then OS would not even load after 2nd reboot). I never had this issue on the first beta install of the Public Beta. It only happened when I installed the OS from scratch again, then installed a couple of newly released updates for Win 7.This is build 7000 on a Toshiba Tecra M10.

General Windows Update Troubleshooting The following outlines how to stop services pertaining to Windows Update, rename system folders, register related DLL files, and then restart the previously mentioned services. This troubleshooting generally applies to all Windows Update related issues. Stopping services pertaining to Windows Update 1. Click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, right-click Command Prompt, and select Run as Administrator. 2. If you receive a notification from User Account Control simply click Continue. 3. At the command prompt, type the following, commands and then press ENTER after each command. net stop wuauservnet stop bits net stop cryptsvc 4. Please do not close the Command Prompt window. Renaming folders pertaining to Windows Update 1. At the command prompt, type the following commands, and then press Enter after each command: 2. ren %systemroot%\System32\Catroot2 Catroot2.old 3. ren %systemroot%\SoftwareDistribution SoftwareDistribution.old 4. Please do not close the Command Prompt window. Registering DLLs pertaining to Windows Update 1. Please copy and paste the following text into a new Notepad document, and save the file as WindowsUpdate.BAT 2. If saved correctly the icon will change from a Notepad file to BAT file which has two blue cogs as its icon. -or- 3. You can manually type each command at the command prompt: regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\vbscript.dll /s regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\mshtml.dll /s regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\msjava.dll /s regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\jscript.dll /s regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\msxml.dll /s regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\actxprxy.dll /s regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\shdocvw.dll /s regsvr32 wuapi.dll /s regsvr32 wuaueng1.dll /s regsvr32 wuaueng.dll /s regsvr32 wucltui.dll /s regsvr32 wups2.dll /s regsvr32 wups.dll /s regsvr32 wuweb.dll /s regsvr32 Softpub.dll /s regsvr32 Mssip32.dll /s regsvr32 Initpki.dll /s regsvr32 softpub.dll /s regsvr32 wintrust.dll /s regsvr32 initpki.dll /s regsvr32 dssenh.dll /s regsvr32 rsaenh.dll /s regsvr32 gpkcsp.dll /s regsvr32 sccbase.dll /s regsvr32 slbcsp.dll /s regsvr32 cryptdlg.dll /s regsvr32 Urlmon.dll /s regsvr32 Shdocvw.dll /s regsvr32 Msjava.dll /s regsvr32 Actxprxy.dll /s regsvr32 Oleaut32.dll /s regsvr32 Mshtml.dll /s regsvr32 msxml.dll /s regsvr32 msxml2.dll /s regsvr32 msxml3.dll /s regsvr32 Browseui.dll /s regsvr32 shell32.dll /s regsvr32 wuapi.dll /s regsvr32 wuaueng.dll /s regsvr32 wuaueng1.dll /s regsvr32 wucltui.dll /s regsvr32 wups.dll /s regsvr32 wuweb.dll /s regsvr32 jscript.dll /s regsvr32 atl.dll /s regsvr32 Mssip32.dll /s Restarting services pertaining to Windows Update 1. Click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, right-click Command Prompt, and select Run as Administrator. 2. If you receive a notification from User Account Control simply click Continue. 3. At the command prompt, type the following, commands and then press ENTER after each command. net start wuauservnet start bits net start cryptsvc exit 4. Now please check for updates using Windows Update to see if the issue has been resolved.Rating posts helps other users Mark L. Ferguson MS-MVP

Are you talking about the standard Windows Update systray icon or the one that says "Toshiba - new updates available"? The latterjust appeared on my Tecra and nothing happens when I double-click on it, so my next step is not apparent.

Start, run type in windowsupdate.logScan back and see what it says in there it sees as patches you should need. Holler if you need help figuring out the log file.