Well, in my opinion, the Windows 10 location service can be more useful than vice versa... although many users repeat the same reader, they say, it’s all very good. harmful - Google is watching us (link below)... It’s all nonsense! In addition, it’s worth thinking a little and deciding on your choice: setting the location parameters itself, however - like all the others - has a fairly subtle control menu! and, I persistently think that it is more correct to study the controls... and change them according to the degree of importance (turn on/off): after all, in my opinion, it often happens to all of us that being late for something is like death!
I have no goals to agitate anyone, I don’t work for Microsoft, my goal today is to describe in the article the nuances of the question of how to enable location detection in Windows 10, because there are those computer users who need it:
Windows 10 Location Service
By the way, here is an article discussing useful Google options. ...well, or surveillance...
…Location service is usually enabled by default!..
...however, to take a closer look at the settings, let’s follow this path:
On the taskbar, click the “Start” button (how to get Start back) then select “Settings”.
In the meantime, let's quickly use one of the useful keyboard shortcuts: WinKey + I - this is to disable or enable the location service in Windows 10 - read more about the added hotkeys in Windows 10... very much. useful - there are no limits to the usefulness of knowledge!
In the open “Options” window, select nothing more than “Privacy”.
Well...methodically “Location”, and next to the right side of the window, click “Change”, but in the new window that appears, we’ll decide where it’s most convenient for us to set the switch to determine “Detecting the location for this device” - to the disable or turn off position! ...according to personal views on all this morality).
Windows 7 location sensor
Did you know that many laptops and desktop computers contain location sensors among their hardware devices? There is also software that allows you to track the location of your computer. Windows 7 contains such tools, although probing is disabled by default. It is also worth knowing that today there are a large number of applications that will be happy to use such information.
Note : This is like with phones, although they use a slightly different tracking method, but still the fact remains.
This article will show you how you can enable or disable location sensors in Windows 7. It will also describe how you can find out about the use of your geodata by any application.
How to disable or enable location service for a user account
Here's a note:
If we have location detection enabled for the device (only an administrator can change this parameter!), in this case we can easily enable/disable the main “location” parameter for our personal user account.
Let’s open “Settings” and then “Privacy” and certainly “Location” and here we’ll set the switch to the optimal location for us...
It’s also useful to know: about... how to exhibit
Disable location detection in Firefox
Admin 01/07/2015 — 22:54 Program overview
Like all popular browsers, Mozilla Firefox uses a location detection function, which is enabled by default, and can facilitate geolocation on the Internet. In simple terms, thanks to this function, on-demand sites can clarify your current location on the map (to the nearest large populated area). This is possible thanks to the information distributed along with the IP address of your Internet connection.
According to the developers, this method of determining the user’s location is legal and safe. During the transfer, confidentiality standards are observed, and no information that violates the user's privacy when determining the location on the map is not transferred to third parties. Moreover, the user has the right at any time to refuse to provide geolocation data, disable the function in the browser, and ask sites to no longer request location.
How to disable location detection in the browser?
Before answering the subtitle question, you should understand that location detection works to optimize search results or other specific tasks related to automating data acquisition. Therefore, unless absolutely necessary, you should not deactivate the function of your Internet browser.
By “special need” we can mean increasing the level of security of web surfing; the user can refuse online geolocation and disable it in the browser settings (Mozilla Firefox). And further exclude such requests from search engines and other web services.
Settings for Firefox
- Open the Mozilla Firefox browser, and type: about:config in the address bar, and press the Enter key to go to view.
- On the page that opens, confirm your intentions by clicking the “I promise I will be careful” button. This will open the Mozilla Firefox configuration options.
- Find the “enabled” parameter and double-click to set it to “false”. For a quick search, you can use the corresponding form on the page.
- As a control measure, you can prevent websites from tracking you in the Firefox settings - Privacy section.
- In addition, for any search engine (Yandex, Google, etc.) you can separately set geopositioning parameters. For example, to search from Yandex, go to: tune.yandex.ru where we find “City Settings”.
In this way, you can minimize the leakage of personal information to the global network, but also refuse relevant search results, according to your current position. Settings for other Internet browsers are made in a similar way in the corresponding program parameters.
Many people don't even know that they are constantly being tracked and that their location is constantly being recorded on Google servers. Every place you visit is tracked using Wi-Fi, mobile networks and GPS. This option is enabled by default and usually makes the user experience more convenient.
There are many apps and services that rely on your location, such as Google Now, or show your location in Tweets, Facebook messages, etc., so your movement is constantly tracked.
Although tracking your location has many benefits, those who care about their privacy don't like this feature. And this is logical, since not everyone wants to reveal their exact location. In this case, it is possible to disable the location tracking function. Additionally, you can also delete all previous location history.
If you want to turn off the location feature and keep your current location private, here are detailed instructions that will show you how to turn off the Google Location feature and also tell you how to delete your previous location history.
Note! There are many apps that need your location data to provide services, and in most cases, disabling location tracking is more important to some of them than maintaining your privacy. Before disabling this feature, make sure you don't depend on apps that use your location to provide services, or you'll have to stop using them. Moreover, the effect is not permanent, by following the same procedures described below, you can enable this feature again at any time convenient for you. Therefore, you should not worry if you disable the location feature.
how to quickly (quickly) enable location detection
An easy way to quickly enable/disable the location service for a user account is to use “Location” in the “Notification Center”...
Click on the notification center icon on the taskbar... and then click on “Location” - you will be able to enable/disable this important option.
There is one circumstance, namely, when you use a location application, you will have an icon on the set panel (in the notification area) ...
So:
Adviсe
Tip #1
In order for Yandex to correctly determine the real location, you must disable VPN and any other services that affect the IP address before using it.
Tip #2
A browser with VPN enabled usually works slowly, so if there is a noticeable drop in speed, it is better to disable it.
Tip #3
It is advisable to disable VPN when using services that are based on the device address - applications for ordering a taxi, food delivery, and so on.
how to hide the icon your location is currently in use
To display, or, on the contrary, hide the notification icon about our location (or location, as you wish) - open “Settings” / “System” / “Notifications and Actions” - green rectangle (photo below): click on the link ... displayed in the taskbar ... and in the settings choose how and what you want... which icons to show and which to hide...
Everything is simple there... and I won’t waste any more screenshots.
How to allow or disable geolocation in Yandex Browser settings
Let's move on to the main part of today's instructions. If you want to allow or block the transfer of geolocation in the Yandex browser, then you will need to perform the following actions:
- Go to the main Yandex page. There will be an icon in the form of three horizontal lines in the upper right part of the screen; click on it with the left mouse button.
- After this, click LMB on the line “Settings" in the window that appears.
- You will be redirected to a page with all sorts of browser settings. There will be five main sections on the left side of the screen. Click LMB on the item “ Websites».
- Now, you will need to find the column “Advanced site settings" and click on it with the left button of your mouse.
- The next thing you will need to do is find the section “Location access" As you do this, you will be able to notice there three settings options - allowed, denied and request permission. Accordingly, if you choose the first option, the geolocation will always be transmitted to all sites. If you choose the second option, then geolocation, on the contrary, will never be transmitted to the Yandex browser. And when choosing the option “ ask permission", you will need to either allow or disable geolocation sharing for each site each time.
- You will need to select the appropriate option and left-click on it. Once you do this, setting up geolocation in the Yandex browser will be completed. There is no need to save anything, everything will happen automatically.
The principle of working out location parameters
The application requests permission to collect user/computer location information the first time it accesses the data log. And if we give the go-ahead (permission), the testing of location parameters starts, however!! The application’s access to our data can be easily disabled in the “Settings” / “Privacy” / “Location” section.
When the system fails to determine our most accurate location using GPS or other sophisticated methods, we can set the so-called standard location for our computer.
And another myth about supposedly
How to set a computer shutdown timer
If you want to turn off your computer after a certain amount of time, such as after a render has finished, but you need to go somewhere, you can set a computer shutdown timer. Fortunately, no third-party programs are required for this.
There are several ways to shut down your computer using the shutdown timer.
Method 1: Using the command “shutdown -s -t N”
- Press “Win+R” and in the window that appears, paste “shutdown -s -t N”. The letter N is a second timer that determines the time after which your computer will automatically turn off. In the example below it is 600 seconds, or 10 minutes. Instead of this letter, you can write any time convenient for you after which you want to turn off your computer.
On a note! It may happen that you change your mind about turning off your computer. In this case, press “Win + R” and insert “shutdown -a” in the window that appears. This will reset the previous command, canceling the computer shutdown.
Method 2: Create a shortcut with the command “shutdown.exe -s -t N”
- Use the right mouse click on the empty space of the desktop and open a small menu. In this menu, click “Create/Shortcut” (as in the example below).
Important! In our example, we set it to 3600 seconds (1 hour). That is, the computer will turn off after one hour. You can set any other shutdown time convenient for you. However, do not forget that you need to specify it in seconds.
