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bairn7
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Hi all

Long story short, my laptop died on holiday in Thailand and I bought a new one from a local superstore. All fine so far except that when I use google, even when back home, many of the results come back in Thai.

I can't see how to fix this. Is there an easy solution?

Thanks

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  • d123
    d123 Posts: 8,756 Forumite
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    bairn7 wrote: »
    Hi all

    Long story short, my laptop died on holiday in Thailand and I bought a new one from a local superstore. All fine so far except that when I use google, even when back home, many of the results come back in Thai.

    I can't see how to fix this. Is there an easy solution?

    Thanks

    I would presume it’s as simple as the default is set to Google Thai rather than Google UK. Have you checked what the default setting currently is?
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  • bairn7
    bairn7 Posts: 581 Forumite
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    d123 wrote: »
    I would presume it’s as simple as the default is set to Google Thai rather than Google UK. Have you checked what the default setting currently is?

    I'm not that tech savvy but I did check settings. I also set the default to google.co.uk in the hope that this would fix it. No joy.
  • molerat
    molerat Posts: 35,589 Forumite
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    Bottom right corner of Google home page is Settings - Search Settings. Scroll down in Search Results to Region Settings. Then back to top left Languages. Also what are your Windows region and language set to ?
  • bairn7
    bairn7 Posts: 581 Forumite
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    molerat wrote: »
    Bottom right corner of Google home page is Settings - Search Settings. Scroll down in Search Results to Region Settings. Then back to top left Languages. Also what are your Windows region and language set to ?

    Thank you. The browser was still defaulting to .com. I followed your steps on .co.uk and then did the same in .com (in Thai) and have managed to change it to English. Thanks!
  • EveryWhere
    EveryWhere Posts: 3,249 Forumite
    Where is the old laptop? Died in which way? No response when pressing power button?
  • rajeshk4u
    rajeshk4u Posts: 114 Forumite
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    Try someone where in the Windows settings too.
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