1. A method for applying a setting, the method comprising: receiving a request for a set of resources from a first system, wherein the request is to use the set of resources of a third system over a network connection; identifying an address associated with a device, having sent the request, from the request received by a second system; identifying a geographic location of the device using a portion of the address identified by the second system; identifying by the second system a set of settings selected from a group comprising a customized set of settings and a default set of settings stored in a storage device accessible by the second system for use with the set of resources based on the geographic location identified of the device, wherein the set of settings is a control that can be modified in the set of resources; and applying by the second system the set of settings identified to the set of resources of the third system by modifying one or more settings in an operating system for a computer system in the set of resources wherein the set of settings include regional settings comprising a currency setting, a numbers format setting, a language setting, a keyboard setting, and a dictionary setting.