Windows 10: the location service does not turn on in any way, on a laptop

Hello. who can tell, the location service does not turn on in any way, the ESET antivirus has already googled what it could, or how I can not find a way to turn it on and off freely, it is now disabled and not turned on ...

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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.

 

Location not turning on my Laptop

Hello Tharun,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft community.

I understand your concern about the issue and help you out.

I would require more information to help you better.

• 
  What is the make and model of your computer?
  
• 
  Please specify the steps tried by you turn on the location?
  
• 
  What is the exact and complete error message you get when you try to turn ON?
  
• 
  Did you make any changes to the computer prior to the issue?
  
• 
  Which antivirus program is installed on the computer?
  

I would suggest you to check if the following service is enabled. if it is enabled, disable and re-enable the service.

• 
  Click on Start.
  
• 
  Select settings > Privacy > Location.
  
• 
  Select Change, and then turn
  Location for this device on or off .
  

The Change button controls the Windows location service for the device, including all user accounts on the device. The
Change button only appears for admin accounts. (Every device has at least one admin account—usually an admin is the person who set up the device.) If you have an admin account on your Windows 10 device, select
Change, and then turn Location for this device on or off .

You can refer the following link for more information.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/location-service-privacy

Hope it helps. Reply with results and necessary information to help you further.

 

Why is Cortana tracking my location even though location services are turned off?

"Cortana collects your location periodically even if you’re not interacting with her, like when you connect to Wi Fi or disconnect from Bluetooth. When Cortana is turned on, the Search app also has access to your device
location information and will automatically send it to Bing when Cortana suggests web search terms and results for Bing to use as described in the privacy statement. If you don’t want Cortana to have access to your device location, you need to turn off Cortana
completely:

• Go to Cortana > Notebook > Settings .
• Turn off the setting Cortana can give you suggestions, ideas, reminders, alerts and more"

So there is no way to prevent Microsoft from collecting my location data EVEN
WHEN LOCATION SERVICES ARE TURNED OFF except by turning off Cortana completely. Fine. I'll do that. Too bad the setting "Cortana can give you suggestions, ideas, reminders, alerts and more" doesn't seem to exist.