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Offline Colwyn

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« on: May 28, 2012, 15:18:31 PM »
I believe there is an option available so you can set your PC to treat the UK as its location when in Turkey. I think this will allow you to use Google and other search engines in the same way as at home without proritising local Turkish returns first.

Can anyone help with this please?



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« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2012, 16:57:43 PM »
I think you'll need to use a VPN (Virtual Private Network) like www. my private network,com, this gives you an UK IPN so BBC etc thinks you are in UK.

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« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2012, 19:17:54 PM »
I'm not sure about settings for making the PC a UK machine but my wife and I use a Dell and a Mac and have Google tabs "https://www.google.co.uk/". This makes sure you get the UK search facility.

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« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2012, 20:23:51 PM »
Your IP Address is a UK one even when in Turkey as Firo said if you want to get UKTV you would have to hide the IP as it would show as being in Turkey

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« Reply #4 on: May 28, 2012, 21:02:28 PM »
I think he wants to get his emails and do a bit of browsing while on holiday - not get a VPN to watch British telly!

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« Reply #5 on: May 28, 2012, 21:49:51 PM »
He can then I have no problem getting my email on AOL or Hotmail when in Turkey

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« Reply #6 on: May 28, 2012, 21:59:46 PM »
Best speak to Lance about this.

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« Reply #7 on: May 28, 2012, 22:04:54 PM »
I think the concern is that sites such as Google might take your being in Turkey (they know everything  ;) ) and direct you to google.com.tr rather than google.co.uk - I have not noticed this more than once or twice and I think they take the info from your computer settings (such as your selected language setting in control panel) rather than from the IP you are using. I might be wrong but I think that is the case normally.

If so, this means that although your IP is Turkey, your language of choice is English and your country Great Britain, so you should be directed to .co.uk over .com.tr

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« Reply #8 on: May 29, 2012, 07:52:14 AM »
You can download a free version of Hotspot Shield at the link below. It doesnt give the fastest vpn connection but will provide a 1-3mb link. Worth trying out.

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« Reply #9 on: May 29, 2012, 08:32:25 AM »
Best thing to do is get the google home page for UK then add it to your browsers favorites then every tme you want google uk click on your saved favorite one. Over here its always going to google.com.tr by default which is a pain!




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