{"id":1189321,"date":"2025-08-29T11:06:52","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T11:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpdstore.net\/kb\/uncategorized\/kb-article\/how-to-enable-windows-updates-on-gpd-micropc-2\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T11:06:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T11:06:52","password":"","slug":"how-to-enable-windows-updates-on-gpd-micropc-2","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/gpdstore.net\/en-ie\/kb\/gpd-micropc-2-support-hub-en-ie\/kb-article\/how-to-enable-windows-updates-on-gpd-micropc-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How to enable Windows Updates on GPD MicroPC 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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If you’re seeing a “Windows is unable to run Windows Updates” 0x8007005 error that asks you to retry, the problem might be that your Windows Update settings are turned off. A simple way to fix this is to download and run the program <\/strong>Windows Update Blocker to re-enable them. Follow these steps to get started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To begin, make sure that Windows Update is repeatedly showing the “Retry” prompt, and error 0x8007005.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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GPD MicroPC 2 Windows Update Retry Prompt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Download Windows Update Blocker v1.8 here<\/a>, extract all the contents and run the Wub_x64.exe file<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Windows<\/a>
Windows Update Blocker v1.8<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Click on the Enable Updates<\/strong> radio button, and then click on Apply Now<\/strong> button. Aafter a few moments the Service Status graphic will update to show the service has been enabled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Windows<\/a>
Windows Update Blocker Enabled Updates<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

You can now close the software and run Windows Update as normal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This step by step guide shows how to enable Windows Updates on GPD MicroPC 2 if Windows Update constantly prompts to Retry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[19238],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-1189321","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-gpd-micropc-2-support-hub-en-ie"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"year_month":"2026-04","word_count":150,"total_views":"224","reactions":{"happy":"0","normal":"0","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"name":"Dave","author_nicename":"dave-c","author_url":"https:\/\/gpdstore.net\/en-ie\/blog\/author\/dave-c\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"GPD MicroPC 2","term_url":"https:\/\/gpdstore.net\/en-ie\/kb-category\/gpd-micropc-2-support-hub-en-ie\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"knowledge_base_info":[],"knowledge_base_slug":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpdstore.net\/en-ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1189321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpdstore.net\/en-ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpdstore.net\/en-ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpdstore.net\/en-ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpdstore.net\/en-ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1189321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gpdstore.net\/en-ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1189321\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpdstore.net\/en-ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1189321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpdstore.net\/en-ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=1189321"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpdstore.net\/en-ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=1189321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}