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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.
Why would this ever happen Microsoft please quit burring working settings under for some just for looks garbage that doesn't work and trying to hide that fact that nothing has really changed since XP really NT except for some default settings and a little security. Gutting the classic shell is not fooling anyone or fixing anything you're just breaking what little worked properly and here is a prime example the old NT menu works but new junk for LOOKS fails. CLOCK FAIL, RDP FAIL, EDEGE STREAMING "serious try to stream with this on Xfinity thanks Opera", FAIL FILE SHARING, FAIL, FAIL What works on Windows that we don't have to go back XP settings to fix, anything? ---user from the beginning and starting to really regret not just learning UNIX and Linux how is that they can get it right for free????? The new menu shell system is just stupid any anyway please don't add new things without an off switch. I will take all classic shell please so probably would Everyone else, though they might not know it. I can see it now Window 12 Classic and it works.....
It says that your account can not perform this action. How do I change the permissions of my child for it to be able to change the time?
I am having the same problem. Set my own location default and it still has me at CST not EST. When I try to change the Date and Time and Timezone, the Timezone is not accessible and it's greyed out. Sigh, why?
I suspect that just as in 2001 Space Odyssey, Ai is taking over, as it knows what is best.
Thank you thank you thank you. This is the only thing that worked. Why does my stupid system think I am 3 hours away from my actual current location. BEYOND frustrating.
