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My computer just locked my timezone to Arizona, and absolutely will not allow me to change it. It's causing havoc on alot of my apps that rely on my clock to function, and manually changing the time only seems to change the clock in the corner not the time that all my apps depend on.
I have tried scanning the computer for corrupted files as per a separate post I managed to dig up, but it found nothing to fix. With the clean boot I couldn't figure out what was doing it because it was still grayed out and set to Arizona as soon as it booted.
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I had this same issue, but found a workaround (At least a temporary one)
Right click the date/time toolbar in the bottom right corner, then click "Adjust date/time" from the menu.
In that menu, scroll down to "related settings" and click "Add clocks for different time zones"
This SHOULD bring up a classic windows menu. Click the far left tab for "Date and Time" and select your time zone there. Click "Okay" and then "Apply" and you should be good to go.
YOU ROCK!!! THIS IS THE WAY
in Date & time select, upper right side, under Related settings, select, Add clocks for different time zones, in the window that opens: Date and time, chose the time zones you want to display / add.
I right click the date/time toolbar in the bottom right corner and nothing happens. The date and time are locked and wrong. Done all the location stuff to no avail.
I right click the date/time toolbar in the bottom right corner and nothing happens. The date and time are locked and wrong. Done all the location stuff to no avail.
***This method only works if you don't mind restricting every app from accessing your location***
I'm on Windows 11 so it may be different from Windows 10. But this is what worked for me for the moment. I don't know if this is the best solution either so bear with me.
Click the start windows icon --> click privacy & security --> under App permissions, click "location" --> at the top where it says "let apps access your location" toggle or click it to "off" if it says on.
click X at the corner to exit the Windows settings menu.
Now, click the start windows icon again --> click settings --> click time & language --> click date & time
*** from here you should see "set time zone automatically" still greyed out but this time it is toggled off because of what we did before***
You should now see the time zone your PC is set to.
Click the right time zone for your PC
If the time is still not correct once you picked your right time zone, toggle or click the "adjust for daylight saving time automatically" to either on or off, depending on which will give you the correct time.
If this worked for you congrats! make sure to spread kindness everywhere you go! If not, I'm sorry, I tried my best, still spread kindness!
