friken microsoft!

MS tries to display web pages that are localized (in the language of the
country you are currently in), but this is horrible..

how can someone disable this? And how to they know where you are? from the
ip or some setting in windows?

Greetings,

You'll have to provide a reference, in some cases they're using IP lookup, in others Passport
locale.

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"John Jay Smith" <-> wrote in message news:...
> MS tries to display web pages that are localized (in the language of the country you are
> currently in), but this is horrible..
>
> how can someone disable this? And how to they know where you are? from the ip or some
> setting in windows?
>

how about live.com ? lol


"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in message
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> Greetings,
>
> You'll have to provide a reference, in some cases they're using IP lookup,
> in others Passport locale.
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
> --
>
> "John Jay Smith" <-> wrote in message
> news:...
>> MS tries to display web pages that are localized (in the language of the
>> country you are currently in), but this is horrible..
>>
>> how can someone disable this? And how to they know where you are? from
>> the ip or some setting in windows?
>>
>
>

"John Jay Smith" <-> wrote in message
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In my case: I live in the Philippines, I am Dutch and I prefer to have
everything in English. I hate it when a certain language gets shoved down
your throat by some application or website, just because I happen to be in
the Philippines doesnt mean I want everything in Tagalog!
It's easy enough to check the language used on a computer and apply that one
with an option to change it to another language for that particular
application or website.

> MS tries to display web pages that are localized (in the language of the
> country you are currently in), but this is horrible..
>
> how can someone disable this? And how to they know where you are? from the
> ip or some setting in windows?
>

Hi,

There are plenty of scenarios for this. Unfortunately there hasn't been much traction on
making it happen (Microsoft-wise).

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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
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"Rude-E" <> wrote in message
> In my case: I live in the Philippines, I am Dutch and I prefer to have everything in
> English. I hate it when a certain language gets shoved down your throat by some application
> or website, just because I happen to be in the Philippines doesnt mean I want everything in
> Tagalog!
> It's easy enough to check the language used on a computer and apply that one with an option
> to change it to another language for that particular application or website.

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in message
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Oh I wasn't specifically aiming at Microsoft, no worries.
Google is brilliant at it though, unless of course you allow that nasty
cookie of theirs, which I simply refuse, too much data mining going on
there.
> Hi,
>
> There are plenty of scenarios for this. Unfortunately there hasn't been
> much traction on making it happen (Microsoft-wise).
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
> --
>
>
> "Rude-E" <> wrote in message
>> In my case: I live in the Philippines, I am Dutch and I prefer to have
>> everything in English. I hate it when a certain language gets shoved down
>> your throat by some application or website, just because I happen to be
>> in the Philippines doesnt mean I want everything in Tagalog!
>> It's easy enough to check the language used on a computer and apply that
>> one with an option to change it to another language for that particular
>> application or website.
>
>

"John Jay Smith" <-> wrote in message
news:...
> MS tries to display web pages that are localized (in the language of the
> country you are currently in), but this is horrible..
>

This is one the web site doing this and yes internet explorer. You
> how can someone disable this? And how to they know where you are? from the
> ip or some setting in windows?
no i do not know how to disable this. But just be carefull with address and
once u have selected a languge on a web site it remembers this,

Also i.p is your computer address. Yes every website , game you play etc
gets your ip address this enables directors etc to moniter there website,
also the fbi would need your ip to charge you if you have hack etc.