Default Google etc to English..

[Andeh13]

Hi guys,

Very quick question, as i fly back soon. I am in Italy visiting my parents and have taken it upon myself to bring their laptop up to scratch.

One thing that is really driving me mad is everything defaulting to Italian/the Italian version of the site.

Does anyone know how to stop this? I just want everything to be .com/English version of the site. It is google chrome they are using!

Cheers guys

[TheAnimus]

do you mean when you type google.com you get re-directed?

or do you mean if you type a search string into the URL bar?

The latter is configured in the preferences under search providers iirc.

[Andeh13]

I have tried changing the default search to google.com, google.com/ncr etc etc but whenever you type something into the URL bar it still directs you to google.it



edit: I have also tried updating the txt file in user data from google.it to google.com, but it didnt change anything.

[TheAnimus]

try .co.uk

if you visit google.com it will go to italian, its quite fun when on holiday

[watercooled]

In Firefox, go to about:config and search for general.useragent.locale and set it to en-GB, also search for intl.accept_languages and set it to en-gb, en

Then change back to whatever it was when you're done.

[Andeh13]

Typing it into the URl bar, it still defaults back to .it though! Tried it with .co.uk and .com. I can understand this not being a common problem, but seems daft there isnt a way of setting it.

[TheAnimus]

if you go straight to www.google.com there is normally an option for not using the regional page. In the very bottom right

[watercooled]

I'm not sure how Google determines what language to use but it probably consists of browser headers and possibly IP address but the latter shouldn't be enforced - IP-based location tracking isn't completely accurate. Try changing the browser headers as I described above, then clear cookies before trying again.

[Andeh13]

Thanks for the help guys, despite all my best efforts the URL bar still directs you to google.it. I have set the home page to google.co.uk, and the default search to google.co.uk. Hopefully between those two my parents will be happy.

Still think its a bit daft it being this complicated!

[watercooled]

What does it say next to language on that page I linked?

Maybe you could try re-installing the GB localised version of Firefox?