Thanks to NTLite, my custom build is much much better... just a little help with a few minor tweaks... anyone?

[kreemerz]

It seems like it's browser related. I only see these UK/GB indications within the browsers. (chrome and FF)

I've checked the browser settings and all is well. But there must be some other place within Win11 that is causing this... I'll keep checking.

Disable Location Services, and manually enter your location (city).

IP geo-location is a wonky field. There are companies that compile this data for other giants (MS, Google, Apple). They identify ISP blocks by "neighborhoods", but sometimes the inferred location is dead wrong. You hear random stories all the time.

There's nothing you can do, except to switch ISP's since everyone reads your external IP address.

Definetely gonna check my Location Services.

NTLite - Unattend page, find location amd all related there.

Unless Chocolatey is setting your location.

I will check both of these, hopefully that's the culprit.

 

[kreemerz]

Not sure where else to change it... my gut tells me it's somewhere here... but I think I have changed everything that needs to be changed.

 

[garlin]

Normally you enter the locale/language for both Windows and WinPE.
On your live system, check the current settings are correct.

 

[Hellbovine]

Not sure where else to change it... my gut tells me it's somewhere here... but I think I have changed everything that needs to be changed.

You mentioned earlier in the thread you are using NordVPN. With the info provided so far I'm pretty sure this is a VPN issue. If you go into Google and type "time" what does it say in the first "box" result at the top? Does it say, some city in United Kingdom? If your VPN is using a UK server, then that's the issue.

Also, go into the Windows settings page for networking, and look at the proxy/vpn settings. Other programs, such as browsers use your Windows proxy/vpn settings to adjust those programs too.

You could also try changing the DNS settings in your router as well. To do that, change both the WAN and DHCP to a static DNS. I'd try out OpenDNS servers first, which are 208.67.222.222 primary and 208.67.220.220 secondary. Save and reboot the router and the computer.

 

[Hellbovine]

Just stumbled upon another possible solution by accident. Boot into the USB that has your image, and at the very first blue screen for the "Windows Setup" it has 3 options about Language/Time/Keyboard, and if the first one says anything other than "English (United States)" then it could be that you accidentally downloaded the "International" English ISO instead.

I was in a hurry the other day using Rufus to download an ISO, and I saw this exact same problem when I booted to my USB stick, it said "English (United Kingdom)" or something like that. So I exited setup, went back into Rufus and noticed that in the language option for the download it defaults to the International English edition, rather than the US one.

You can also check the original ISO file you downloaded, the filename will have the word _English_ with underscores if it's the United States version.

 

[kreemerz]

Just stumbled upon another possible solution by accident. Boot into the USB that has your image, and at the very first blue screen for the "Windows Setup" it has 3 options about Language/Time/Keyboard, and if the first one says anything other than "English (United States)" then it could be that you accidentally downloaded the "International" English ISO instead.

I was in a hurry the other day using Rufus to download an ISO, and I saw this exact same problem when I booted to my USB stick, it said "English (United Kingdom)" or something like that. So I exited setup, went back into Rufus and noticed that in the language option for the download it defaults to the International English edition, rather than the US one.

You can also check the original ISO file you downloaded, the filename will have the word _English_ with underscores if it's the United States version.

Finally. I think that's what it was. Downloaded the wrong one.