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Posted by Kim Andr Aker on 03/23/07 16:02
©® wrote:
> Is there something or somewhere I can chaneg in IE and FF so that a
> website I browse to will "think" I am in the USA and not UK? I keep
> typing the default www address but it insist on me going to the UK
> site. There is no international link or anything like that so I
> figure that somehow it knows I'm in UK by some browser settings or my
> region from the OS. Using Win XP Home SP2, IE and FF2. Thanks
Although not HTML-related, I'll give you an answer.
It all depends on how the website is detecting (by underlying
server-side programming) your location; it's either detecting you by
your browser language setting or by your IP address.
If the website is using your browser's language setting, you can change
this in Internet Explorer by going to Internet Options and clicking the
"Languages" button (in the "General" tab). In Firefox (at least in
2.0), you can find this in settings -> Advanced -> General (tab) ->
"Select" under the "Language" heading. In other browser, you can look
around the main settings dialog and locate a setting for languages or
localization.
If it's using your IP address, you have a lot fewer options, but you
could try to locate a proxy based in USA for browsing the particular
site, and thereby fooling the website to think you're in the USA.
OTOH, if you recall setting your country at the website at a previous
visit, though, you'll only need to delete all cookies for that
particular domain to reset your settings with that website.
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Kim André Akerø
- kimandre@NOSPAMbetadome.com
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