Buying the software has changed for a long time. The old cardboard boxes full of manuals and optical discs have given way to virtual stores from which we download products directly. The Richmond company has set up its own bazaar from which to access games, utilities and programs. Microsoft Store is the place where we can find practically everything we need for our computer. Some of the options offered are paid and others are the most free. However, although we can pay for them, there are some that have use restrictions depending on the user’s location. And to solve that problem we bring you this tutorial.
The following tricks are ordered from the simplest to the most complex, so choose the option that best suits your abilities and your use of Windows 10. Don’t worry because they are well explained and you shouldn’t have any problem getting the most out of them.
The last option is the least complicated, but it will require the use of a VPN network so that the Microsoft Store does not locate you in your country but in another where there are no such restrictions. We have included three free options for you to see that it works. Be careful because they limit data usage to certain amounts so don’t waste those free MB.
The easiest way, change your computer settings
Microsoft Store apps are blocked in two ways: by the store itself or by the design of the applications. This trick will be useful to you to install and use those tools that locate where the download was made. If the application, once installed on the computer, has its own resources to locate the user who is using it, this solution will not help you.
The steps to install these types of applications are as follows
First, open your preferred browser. Use a search engine to find the restricted application. You can see that the download is not allowed by the message indicated in the image. Minimize the search engine.
Now, move to the lower right corner of the screen and select “start”. In the start menu click on “settings”.
Several options will appear in the window. You have to choose “Time and language”.
Select region on the left side of the screen and pull down the “Country or region” menu. Now you have to change your country for another in which it is available. It is very likely that any application you want to install can be used in the United States.
Then click on “Date and Time” which you can see on the left side of the window. Turn off automatic time change and choose the correct time zone. Whichever you choose for the United States will be valid.
Open the Microsoft Store and select ” Update Microsoft Store .”
Go to the browser that was minimized, refresh the window and select “get”. If it doesn’t appear, you can also go to the Microsoft Store page and find it there.
Once you have it, click on “get” and the application will begin downloading. You can follow its evolution in the progress bar.
Run it and you will see that everything has gone well.
Adguard Store, directly with the Microsoft Store link
This option is faster because you only need the application link and use the web page.
The first thing is to locate an application whose use is restricted. Copy the link to your clipboard.
Open the Adguard Store page in your web browser.
Paste the url of the application. Select “Retail” and run
Several links will appear below the bar where you pasted the link. Select the first two that end in .appxbundle and .eappxbundle.
Run them and you will have the application installed.
The ultimate choice, free VPNs
VPN networks are increasingly popular and, in the cases that we are going to show you, they are also free. The operation of this type of networks is simple. The usual connections, link our computer to another through a modem. That second computer is the one that gives us access to the internet and, in the present case, locates us regionally. What VPNs do is connect us to another remote computer that is physically located outside the restrictions that prevent us from accessing certain applications in the Microsoft Store.
Hotspot Shield, connection with secure encryption
The free version of this company allows us to use 500 MB per day without the need to register. Your data will be treated safely thanks to the use of military encryption.
The paid version offers many benefits in exchange for $ 2.99 per month. The main improvement is that you will use their services with no MB limit and without ads. In addition, you will be able to access, with up to five devices, one of its more than 3,200 servers located in more than 70 countries. The subscription also offers technical support 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.
You can test the basic program on their website .
TunnelBear, a secure VPN
This option also offers 500 data but you must distribute it over a month. The payment option is somewhat more expensive than Hotspot, it costs $ 3.33 per month. In both options your data will be protected by AES 256-bit encryption
Its interface is so simple that, they claim, even a bear could use it. The truth is that its design is more pleasant than the rest of the options.
The application allows certain adjustments to the user, for example, we can select our preferred networks. This option is extended when hiring their services since you will have more servers to choose from.
Get your free 500 MB by registering on its home page .
Windscribe, 2 GB free
The main virtue of Windscribe is that, without paying any amount, it offers 2 GB of navigation, after which you must subscribe one of its plans that cost between $ 9 and $ 4.08.
With the free version, you will only have access to servers in the United States, Canada, Hong Kong and part of Europe, which will limit your connection options and your speed.
We also highlight that it offers dedicated tools for various operating systems (Windows, MacOs and Linux), browsers (Google Chrome, Firefox and Opera) and mobile devices (iOS, Android and Blackberry)
Compared to the rest of the alternatives, Windscribe has an extension for Google Chrome that will allow you to block ads and trackers.
Use your first gigs by clicking on the link .