region settings

Hi, I have a new HP laptop with Windows 10 (Home). Cortana works via text and voice. I'm trying to make it play music. I do have Spotify which I understand is the only main streaming service available. In all explanations how to enable Spotify I have to get to Cortana Notebook via search or via...

If you change your country or region for Microsoft Store, stuff you got in one region might not work in another. Continue reading...

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Anyone managed to get Cortana to respond to voice commands in the UK? Working absolutely fine on my wife's laptop, but on mine it says it is restricted by my region's settings - yet I have made sure the settings are both identical! Everything is set to UK English, and I have installed the UK...

I had the problem since i started using Win 10 Insider Preview and even after upgrading to Build 10240. So, i wasn't able to download anything from MS Store. Then i found out that changing region from my country (Serbia) to USA can fix the issue, and it really worked. But since today i get the...

I am unable to install any apps from the store after installing W10 (upgrade from 8.1) Download starts, then "acquiring license" comes up followed by "try again later" with an error code ; 0x803F7003. Could it be anything to do with me being in Finland and having my region set to UK? Any...

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Hi, Could someone please tell me what the difference, if any, there are between installing an original English version of Windows 7 (or 8 for that matter) and installing an English Language Pack through Windows Update? So far, I just understand that I need either an Ultimate or Enterprise...

Hello. I am using a Dell laptop with Windows 8 Home. The file Properties show strange symbol-type characters where there should be numbers etc. See Screenshot... This character problem has existed for a while, more than 6 months I guess. 1) Antivirus scans are clean. 2) All Region and...

Hi to all i just built a new pc everyting went real good for.my first build except for this key board issue im having when i press the lettet (a) it inputs [ . And when i press (u) it inputs e dont know why i went to region and its all correct us/en it a older keyboard ps2 the driver points...

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Hello all, hoping this is the correct forum for this. History: Back in February I bought a new custom build PC. First PC I've ever owned that didn't come off the shelf at Wal Mart. Had a friend help me spec it out. Asus M5A97 Motherboard AMD FX 4100 Quad-Core Processor 3.6 GHz 8 GB Ram Radeon...

Hello all, I have tried a few fixes to watch dvd's on my new laptop without success and wondered if anyone had any other suggestions. I don't have internet access for the laptop so only offline solutions will work. It is a dell xps 15 with an i5 2540m, gt 540m graphics, 6gb ram. When I try to...

I'm trying to change the language pack that has been installed on 24 computers in a classroom and when i go to region & Language, Keyboards and Languages, the display language bar isn't on the page, any help with this?

Hi everyone. I'm running Windows 7 professional. I need to boot into safe mode, and I would like to be able to switch the input language to my native Greek. Is there a way to do this in safe mode? (I know how to do it in unsafe mode :)). The option does not appear anywhere in the control panel...

Hi all, I hope someone can help. I have a few desktops I've built recently with Win 7 64 and I've noticed a white language bar across the top of the welcome screen (see pic). I've amended the Language and Region settings and copied the settings to the Welcome screen and system accounts but...

This morning, while attempting to move some files around my Windows 7 64bit laptop began telling me that I didn't have permission to do so, as I needed permission from the "TrustedInstaller". I googled this issue and resolved it by configuring permissions. Feeling a little suspicious I decided...

Hi there, Before we get started, I would like to note the following. I have 4 different operating systems and they all behave differently. I have: Windows 2008 R2 x64 Windows 7 Pro x64 Windows Vista Business x86 Windows XP x86 All machines have their Region and Language, Language for...

Hi, Not sure if this has been discussed before and if so please provide me a link because I've been looking for an answer for this one for a bit. I have two laptops, one 32 bit Window 7 Premium and another laptop 64 bit Windows 7 Premium. They are connected wireless through a Buffalo...