{"id":84,"date":"2021-11-20T18:17:38","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T18:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/droix.co.uk\/knowledge-base\/kb\/wifi-windows-10-creators-update-on-a-droidbox-gpd-win\/"},"modified":"2021-11-21T15:09:32","modified_gmt":"2021-11-21T15:09:32","slug":"wifi-windows-10-creators-update-on-a-droidbox-gpd-win","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/article\/wifi-windows-10-creators-update-on-a-droidbox-gpd-win\/","title":{"rendered":"WiFi &#038; Windows 10 Creators Update on a DroiX GPD Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Microsoft have recently released the &#8220;Creators Update&#8221; for Windows 10 (please see <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.windows.com\/windowsexperience\/2017\/04\/11\/whats-new-in-the-windows-10-creators-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><\/span> for more information). Unfortunately this update can cause problems when using WiFi. The fix is very easy and takes about a minute. You only need to run this fix if WiFi has suddenly stopped working on your DroiX GPD Win.<\/div>\n<div><!--more--><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/PreCreatorAllOtherUpdatedForcedUpdate.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1568 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/PreCreatorAllOtherUpdatedForcedUpdate-300x210.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<ol>\n<li>Please download <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/mASA9g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/goo.gl\/mASA9g<\/a><\/span> . It is safe to ignore the warning if you download this in the Chrome browser, the file is definitely safe. You can click the little arrow next to the download and Select keep. (If you prefer to not see a warning in Chrome regarding the WiFi fix in ZIP form, please download <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/nRL0Bk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/goo.gl\/nRL0Bk<\/a><\/span> (this contains the same files, in a .7z archive). You would then need to install 7-Zip from <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.7-zip.org\/download.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.7-zip.org\/download.html<\/a><\/span> if you don&#8217;t already have it.<br \/>\nDepending on which format you download, this process will give you a file called &#8220;GPD Win WiFi Fix Windows 10 Creators Update.zip&#8221; or &#8220;GPD Win WiFi Fix Windows 10 Creators Update.7z&#8221;.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/1.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1569 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/1-300x226.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Copy this file to your Win and right click it (long press on the screen if you&#8217;re using your fingers).<\/li>\n<li>Select the &#8220;Extract All&#8221; option and allow it to decompress the two files inside. If you have downloaded the .7z file, right click it and select the 7-Zip menu, then &#8220;Extract to\u00a0GPD Win WiFi Fix Windows 10 Creators Update&#8221;.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/2.png\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/2.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1570 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/2-300x210.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/3.png\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/3.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1571 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/3-300x222.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Now navigate to the directory selected when you extracted the files<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/4.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1572\" src=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/4-300x226.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Right click the &#8220;wififix.bat&#8221; file and click on Run As Administrator option, then confirm you&#8217;re certain. (If you do not see this option, you are looking inside the ZIP file, rather than the decompressed version.)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/5.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1573\" src=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/5-300x216.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Once the process completes, reboot and WiFi should return to normal again.<a href=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/6.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1574\" src=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/6-300x157.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/7.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1575\" src=\"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/7-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>If you are unsure how to proceed, or have tried the fix but found a problem or indeed have any other queries, please do let us know via support@DroidBOX.co.uk (to speed up the process, also include your order ID or the full delivery address).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft have recently released the &#8220;Creators Update&#8221; for Windows 10 (please see here for more information). Unfortunately this update can cause problems when using WiFi. The fix is very easy and takes about a minute. You only need to run this fix if WiFi has suddenly stopped working on your DroiX GPD Win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":93,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"kbtopic":[14,9],"kbtag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-84","1":"kb","2":"type-kb","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"kbtopic-windows-gaming-handhelds","7":"kbtopic-hardware"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/84","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/84\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kbtopic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtopic?post=84"},{"taxonomy":"kbtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtag?post=84"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}