For example, if you chose the wrong country while setting up or if you moved or moving to a different country, it is important that you change the country details. However, there might be times when you need to change the country in Windows 10. Not too painful really! And now you know how to fix your automatic timezone setting too.In general, most people never need to modify the Windows 10 country settings. Since I’m actually in Central Time, that’s what I’ll choose, and, like magic, the time’s changed: In my case, it’s “(UCT-07:00) Mountain Time (US & Canada)”. To select your current timezone manually instead, click on where it shows the current time zone. Sometimes, as I said earlier, that won’t work, however, so if you need to set it manually, you’ll need the automatic time zone disabled. Click to choose it (or, another shortcut, just press Return or Enter to select it) and you’ll be here:Ī ha! This is where you can specify that you want time zone set automatically.
In this case you can see a simple search for “timezone” has produced exactly the correct setting result. Microsoft has done a fantastic job expanding its features and capabilities and this should always be your first stop with anything to do with your PC system. If you’re not relying on the Windows 10 search feature to work with your computer, you’re really missing out. To switch to the correct timezone, move over to the search box and search for “timezone”: It does, however, show a very attractive calendar and schedule: I mean, I know I’m up early, but it’s not 5:53am! You would think that clicking on the time would bring up a way to get to the settings and change it, but it doesn’t. I notice things are wrong when I look at the Taskbar and see the wrong darn time: The other reason is because somehow you’ve disabled automatic timezone detection. I could be sitting in Kansas City but if I’m using a VPN based in Miami, Florida, my computer might well decide I’m in Eastern time (EST), not Central (CST) time. There are actually two reasons the automatic timezone can fail, one of which might surprise you: Using a Virtual Private Network (VPN) can mess up the computer’s calculation of your location because it’ll often default to the location of the VPN relay. With this level of technological sophistication, it’s no surprise that your devices should be able to automatically detect when you cross a timezone line and automatically switch so that you’re always reflecting the correct time as you travel. It’ll know at a level of granularity that can show what side of the road you’re on, let alone neighborhood or city!
Don’t believe me? Open up Google Maps and have it locate you. At this point in the evolution of the Internet, your computer knows where you are 99% of the time, to the point where it can be rather disconcerting.
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