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When I opened Chrome and typed in http://azure.microsoft.com, I got immediately bumped to http://azure.microsoft.com/sv-se/. The page is in Swedish and, while I do speak the language, two things annoy me.

  1. What if that happens to a site in a language I don't master?
  2. My girlfriend doesn't speak Swedish at all and she's angry. At me!

How can I stop that from happening? The computer is running English version of everything. The only connection to Sweden is the actual geographic location...

The same happens on another browsers too. I've clear up the whole cache, of course. I have all the settings in the browser set to English. What more can I do to keep my lady content?

Vomit IT - Chunky Mess Style
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Konrad Viltersten
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The website is likely directing you to their Swedish version because of your geographic location. It takes your IP address, finds out that the IP address is tied to Sweden, and then serves you a Swedish webpage.

You can possibly configure your browsers to spoof an English location: http://www.labnol.org/internet/geo-location/27878/

Respheal
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The first thing that pops into my head is using a proxy server in an English speaking country. Something like Hola for chrome (though I am not recommending that one specifically. Merely giving you an example of what I am talking about).

Another solution that might work is to disable the geolocation feature in Chrome. Though from this discussion, I'm not sure how well that works for this problem.

Matt Walck
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One solution is to use a VPN, preferably paid. (Go for the other solution, it's free)

The other solution is to replace that /sv-se/ with /en-us/ or /en-uk/