If you have entered a different default location, your computer may have failed to detect your current position and shown the default location instead. You can change this data using the steps below: Open Run (Win + R) and enter ms-settings:privacy-location . Under Default location, select Set default.
What to do when your computer location is wrong?
If the wrong location changes your date and time settings, you can bypass the issue by setting your timezone manually. But if you want to debug this issue for other reasons, there are only a limited thing you can do. First, lets take a look at how the location services determines your computer’s location. Why Is Computer Location Wrong?
Why does my computer know what I’ve done on the Internet?
Your internet facing software knows what you’ve searched on the internet, what ads you responded to, where you get your internet service, and much, much more. And it has a long memory. All this contributes to the guesses it makes. You can try to bring your software update by clearing your internet caches, deleting cookies and things like that.
How does my computer know where I am?
It’s your software that does the thinking, and your internet-facing software in particular. Unless your computer has a GPS built in, your software really has no idea where you are. So it has to guess, basing itself on whatever information it knows about you from how you’ve used your computer in the past. Often, those guesses are really good.
How do I change the location of my computer in Windows?
1. Right click the Start menu and select Run 2. Type ms-settings:privacy-location and press Enter 3. Click the button Change and make sute the switch Location access for this device is on 4.
