Re: Windows update dialog question

Absent any Errors in your WindowsUpdate.log, you may be seeing a delay
caused by excessive demand on the servers. It can take up to 7 days for all
Automatic Update users to get new updates when so many have been released.

You can try downloading/installing the updates via Windows/Microsoft Update:
Understand that by doing so, you're pushing all the Automatic Updates users
further back in the queue (which may explain, at least in part, why
Automatic Updates hasn't brought them in for you yet).
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Jeff Johnson wrote:
> [I should have cross-posted this to microsoft.public.windowsupdate in the
> first place, so now I'm fixing that error.]
>
>> I have Automatic Updates set to "download and notify." Sometimes Windows
>> will download the updates but it won't put the yellow shield icon in the
>> tray. I don't know there are updates until I go to shut down and get the
>> "Install updates and shut down" option. I NEVER blindly install
>> everything;
>> I always review what's there. But without the shield icon, I don't know
>> how
>> to invoke the dialog. Is there a command I can issue (or even an API I
>> can
>> call; I'm a programmer) to force Windows to display that dialog?

Jeff Johnson wrote:

> You didn't understand the question. I HAVE the updates; they've already been
> downloaded. It's just that the ICON doesn't appear in the system tray, so I
> can't click it and get the dialog where I can choose to do a custom install
> and review what WU is wanting to install. I'm looking for a way to force
> that dialog to appear even if the icon is unavailable.

Please reboot your machine, run this command:

wuauclt /detectnow

wait twenty minutes and then (assuming the icon still isn't appearing) post the
contents of windowsupdate.log (usually found in c:\windows) starting from the
time you rebooted.

You are logged in with an administrative account, I assume?

Harry.

"Harry Johnston [MVP]" <> wrote in message
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>> You didn't understand the question. I HAVE the updates; they've already
>> been downloaded. It's just that the ICON doesn't appear in the system
>> tray, so I can't click it and get the dialog where I can choose to do a
>> custom install and review what WU is wanting to install. I'm looking for
>> a way to force that dialog to appear even if the icon is unavailable.
>
> Please reboot your machine, run this command:
>
> wuauclt /detectnow
>
> wait twenty minutes and then (assuming the icon still isn't appearing)
> post the contents of windowsupdate.log (usually found in c:\windows)
> starting from the time you rebooted.
>
> You are logged in with an administrative account, I assume?

I'll have to wait until the next time it happens before I try this.

Jeff Johnson wrote:
<paste>
> [I should have cross-posted this to microsoft.public.windowsupdate in the
> first place, so now I'm fixing that error.]
>
>> I have Automatic Updates set to "download and notify." Sometimes Windows
>> will download the updates but it won't put the yellow shield icon in the
>> tray. I don't know there are updates until I go to shut down and get the
>> "Install updates and shut down" option. I NEVER blindly install
>> everything;
>> I always review what's there. But without the shield icon, I don't know
>> how
>> to invoke the dialog. Is there a command I can issue (or even an API I
>> can
>> call; I'm a programmer) to force Windows to display that dialog?
</paste>
> PA Bear wrote:
>> Absent any Errors in your WindowsUpdate.log, you may be seeing a delay
>> caused by excessive demand on the servers. It can take up to 7 days for
>> all Automatic Update users to get new updates when so many have been
>> released.
>>
>> You can try downloading/installing the updates via Windows/Microsoft
>> Update: Understand that by doing so, you're pushing all the Automatic
>> Updates users further back in the queue (which may explain, at least in
>> part, why Automatic Updates hasn't brought them in for you yet).
>
> You didn't understand the question. I HAVE the updates; they've already
> been
> downloaded. It's just that the ICON doesn't appear in the system tray, so
> I
> can't click it and get the dialog where I can choose to do a custom
> install
> and review what WU is wanting to install. I'm looking for a way to force
> that dialog to appear even if the icon is unavailable.
>
> I know I can always go out to the WU site but it's been my experience that
> I
> might as well go out and wash the car while I wait for the ActiveX control
> to determine what updates I need, so I avoid using the page as much as
> possible.

How have you determined that all of the updates have downloaded if the
Installation Approval prompt hasn't appeared and you haven't check-in at
Windows Update?

=====================

1a. Check Windowsupdate.log (%windir%\WindowsUpdate.log) to see if all
updates have downloaded successfully, as well as for any errors associated
with the downloads.

How to read the WindowsUpdate.log file
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/902093

1b. Compare errors to those listed here:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/blog...showentry=1122
and/or go to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com > click on Help and Support
link in left pane > Solve problems on your own.

Another thing to try: Change your Automatic Updates setting to Notify Only,
reboot, change it back to Download But Notify & reboot again.

===========================

Start a free Windows Update support incident request:
https://support.microsoft.com/oas/de...spx?gprid=6527

Support for Windows Update:
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/wusupport
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <> wrote in message
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> How have you determined that all of the updates have downloaded if the
> Installation Approval prompt hasn't appeared and you haven't check-in at
> Windows Update?

Because if they hadn't downloaded completely, why would I get the "Install
Updates and Shut Down" prompt when I shut down the computer?