Windows 10: LOCATION

LOST! I KNOW I posted a question about system location and why it is not shown correctly but I cannot locate it and it does not show up in my listing of postings so I guess I dreamed that I posted it and therefore, I am posting it again.


I purchased a new system in 2016, August and immediately we were being shown with our location pertinent information as Louisville, KY. and with specific locations in towns all around Louisville, all in KY. and none properly as in truth, we live half way between Morgantown, Morgan County, Indiana, and Nashville, Brown County, Indiana.


Previously, I contacted BING about this issue and within a reasonable time, they corrected the situation. However, now we are back to being in Indiana. I KNOW the location within our system is set with our location at Nashville, IN


Is it possible once and for all to have this situation corrected permanently?


Is there anything we can do to influence this other than ensuring our location is always set at Nashville, Indiana or Morgantown, Indiana, within our system?



WHY does this change from time to time?


Further and lastly, must we post the same identical thing in Edge, Office 365 Home, and Windows 10 or does posting it here cover all areas?


The actual distances are:

Indianapolis, Indiana to Morgantown, Indiana 27.88 miles
Indianapolis, Indiana to Nashville, Indiana 39.00 miles
Indianapolis, Indiana to Louisville, Kentucky 106.73 miles
Morgantown, Indiana to Louisville, Kentucky 81.76 miles

Nashville, Indiana to Louisville, Kentucky 71.01 miles

Morgantown, Indiana to Nashville, Indiana 11.34 miles


Please advise!

NOTE: Honestly, I have no idea where to post this issue so I am going for Windows. If need to change, feel free to place properly.

:)

 

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.

 

Location setting

Hi,



This issue could occur due to incorrect location settings or it would depend on your IP address. We suggest you to check the location settings of your PC, and check if it helps. Here are the steps:

• Click the Start button, and select Settings.
• Go to Privacy, and choose Location.
• Make sure that the Location service is On.

If issue persists, then it has something to do with your IP address. It’s because the location detected depends on the location set on your IP address.



Let us know how it goes.

 

my location on maps app is wrong.

Hi Don,

I suggest you to follow the below methods and check if it helps.

Kindly follow the below steps and check if it helps.

• Type Location privacy settings in search bar
  and click on Location privacy settings.
• Here you can enable/disable the Location.
• You may try to Enable/Disable the Maps app to use the
  location or not from the apps list.

Please get back to us with an update on this issue, we will be happy to assist you further.

Thank you.