Windows 10: Geolocation Issue with Microsoft Services Showing Incorrect Location

Hello,I’m experiencing a persistent geolocation issue where Microsoft services incorrectly identify my location as Brazil, even though I am in the United Kingdom. Here are the details:Issue Description:My IP address is correctly recognized as UK-based when checked with various geolocation services.Despite this, services like Bing Maps, Google Maps, and Windows Time and Region settings identify my location as Brazil.Attempts to Resolve:I’ve cleared cache and cookies on affected devices.Ensured no VPN or proxy is active.Performed a full router reset and obtained a new IP address as suggested by

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Location service is greyed out

Hi Shahriar,

Thank you for responding.

Sorry for the inconvenience caused for you, I suggest you to try the below troubleshooting steps and check If it helps.

Step 1: Steps to turn on the Location settings.

• Login as an administrator.
• Press Windows key, type Location settings and select
  Change location settings.
• Check whether Location for this device is On by clicking on
  Change.
• Also turn on Location as well.

Step 2: And as you are unable to set the service Geolocation service to automatic, I suggest you to run SFC scan and check.

System File Checker is a utility in Windows that allows users to scan for corruptions in Windows system files and restore corrupted files.

Follow the below steps:

• 
  Right click on the Start button, click on
  Command Prompt (Admin).
  
• 
  Type “sfc /scannow” without the quotes and hit
  Enter.
  
• 
  After the scan, restart the computer and check for the issue.
  

Try to set the service to automatic by following the steps provided in the above post by Praveen Venugopal.

Hope it helps. Kindly update the status of the issue, we will be happy to help you.

 

Windows 11 Can't see geolocation service in services

I was trying to fix my location and one of the things was to set the geolocation service to automatic but it does not show the geolocation service

 

Location service is greyed out

Hello Shahriar,

Thank you for your interest in Windows 10.

I suggest you to turn On Windows location platform by the below steps and see if it helps.

Method 1:

1) Type location in the search bar and click on change location settings.

2) Then, check the box Turn ON Windows location platform” and “Help improve Windows Location services”.

3) Click on Apply.

Alternatively, you can go to Control Panel, click Hardware and Sound, and then click location settings.

Method 2:

Please follow the steps to run System Maintenance troubleshooter
on the computer:

• Type “Control Panel” on the search box.
• Click on Troubleshooting.
• Click on View all option on the left side of the Windows.
• Click on System Maintenance option.
• Click on Next and follow the onscreen instructions to troubleshoot the issue.

Also, make sure to check the geolocation service and set it to automatic.

Open Run command by pressing Win Key + R, type services.msc
and find Geolocation services.

Hope this helps. If you have any other queries, feel free to contact us.

Thank you.