My circumvention back in AUG 2015 was to restore to a system image I had taken in JUL 2015 before the problem was introduced by KB3065987 (doing so put me at Windows Update at KB2990214 -or- KB3050265 either of which provided a working Windows Update with a working notification icon). I had hoped maybe KB3083710 in OCT 2015 might have the missing notify fixed, but not according to what I have read in some forums. Likewise, in SEP 2015, KB3083324 (apparently superseding KB3075851) also failed to fix the missing notify problem.

In AUG 2015, KB3075851 (apparently superseding KB3065987) did NOT fix the missing notify problem. My own diagnosis is that the problem was first introduced by KB3065987 in the JUL 2015 updates (but went unnoticed until August when I wondered why no notify appeared for updates then – manually checking WU showed there really were updates). I have had the same disappearance of the Windows Update notify icon from systray on all 3 of my Windows 7 Home Premium systems. Here’s a particularly detailed analysis from reader GM: Several of you have written to me, saying that the “Update” icon that used to appear in the system tray in Windows 7 isn’t there any more. Posted on October 20th, 2015 at 10:55 woody Comment on the AskWoody Lounge

Windows 7 update icon missing