Why my computer thinks its in another country?

Hello

So, I recently noticed that my computer thinks that I am in the United States when I'm on the Australia. I picked up on it when I tried to use the 'Xbox video' app on Windows 8, who owns the store movies, TV etc. When I tried to buy something, he asked me to choose a State / province but only gave me options to the United States. I never had the problem until I connected to my Microsoft account, until he showed me some movies and TV shows, once I signed in a box here that says something like "my situation had changed" and he showed me various movies and TV shows and has the idea that I'm in the United States.

I also noticed the other day when I was on an Australian site, I had a momentary pop message saying I access me it from another country.

Note: I used "Unlocator" in order to change my DNS server, to get Netflix from other countries and others, however, I put all the original settings, and my Netflix shows its not its United States one Australian Library.

I am at a loss. If someone could help would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you

Hi, Mr. Wayne,.

Thanks for posting your query on the Microsoft Community.

I understand the inconvenience that you face. In order to diagnose and resolve the issue, I would say that you try the following steps and check if they are useful.

You can check if the region is correct. Refer to the following steps.

  1. Type 'region' on the start screen. Click on 'settings', and then press ENTER.
  2. Under the "Format" tab, select "English (United Kingdom).
  3. Click on 'Preferences of languages' > 'add language' and add 'your language'.
  4. One time added, select it and click "move up" to make it the first language. Close the window of the language.
  5. In the 'region' window, click on "other settings" and check if the values are the same.
  6. Click on the "location" tab and change the location of the home to "your country" and then click OK.

Hope this information is useful. Let us know if you need more help, we will be happy to help you.

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