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First RCS now this, today has been wild

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[โ€“] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why would you need to reset your PC to change your region?

You can just go to region and language settings and do it there.

Microsoft needs to comply even if the laptop was originally bought outside the EU.

[โ€“] Koordinator_O@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I could totally be wrong. That's just something I read in a few news articles. could be a check that only triggers there that changes a few reg keys or whatever. Or it is bullshit and it works post initial setup. ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ