windows 7 weather gadget cannot connect to service

Anonymous
2013-01-13T15:55:15+00:00

original title: windows 7 weather gadget

I have windows 7 sttarter  ... and my weather gadget become unable to run and

tell me "cannot connect to service"    

please any help

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Anonymous
2013-01-14T07:04:15+00:00

Have you checked whether your Internet Explorer is not set to Work Offline.

Update:

Microsoft has DISABLED the weather and currency gadgets via a recent Security Update, due to concerns over the vulnerability associated with these gadgets running on your computer. You can read more about it here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2719662 . Adjusting your computer's settings and all these other "suggestions" people are making, will NOT work. The function has been REMOVED from the operating system. It has also been removed from the Windows 8 operating system. There are "theorists" that either agree that there is a security issue within the gadgets or Microsoft just does not want to support gadgets (usually third party software) and thus, has disabled them in Windows 7 and eliminated them in Windows 8.

Thanks to DaveNYC for the Info. Spread the word because many people are facing this problem just like you.

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Anonymous
2015-04-05T07:58:24+00:00

My reward for messing around with the system date is that now all of my Windows Updates are coming in with the 2017! year. Never again. I had immediately returned the system date back to current but every Windows Update comes in with the 2017 year. Do not know how to fix this.

My god ... HOW can the Win Updates be '2017'?  When no such updates even exists ... we're at 2015 now.

Explain!

HOW and WHERE do you see the year 2017 on the Updates?

Start Win Update, click 'View Update History' on the left side, read the dates in the 'Date installed' column.

(Click ON the 'Date installed' column to sort by date, click several times to chose ascending or descending).

IF your computer/system time is set to todays date, then what you're saying is simply impossible, you're looking somewhere else, or you're intoxicated; by joy, some fumes or Equal ...

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-04-03T20:24:32+00:00

    Finally got mine to work again today, but it defaults to New York City and I am in CT.  when I change location, it says "not found" I checked my location sensor and it is enabled.  usually once I have the gadget working, the zip code changes the location easily.  it must not be connecting for some other reason

    That sounds exactly like what happens when the gadget does NOT work.  It will default to New York and any other location you try won't be found.  The latter is the key.  If it is working properly any location will be found.  So while you say it is working I say it is not.

    Try deleting it and adding it to the desktop again.  If that doesn't work go through one of the recommended fixes again.

    Correct.

    T, you seem to have one of the situations where the problem is deeper.  In some cases, it can be an update for MSIE, or Win7 that finally allows  you to make one of these simple solution fixes.  There is no one size fits all solution.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-04-03T20:02:58+00:00

    I followed your directions to the letter. Found the config.xml file, changed the date on my computer to 2017, opened the file with Notepad, saved the file with the 2017 date, set the file property to read-only. Then I went back and reverted the date on the computer to the correct date__04/03/2015.

    Now gadget opens but defaults to New York. When I put in my zip code, I can only get Location Not Found.

    Have repeated process a number of times and even hard booted in between to clear 'stuff.' Still no cigar. Have to give up I'm afraid. I really miss my Weather Gadget!

    Thanks for trying to help all of us who've checked in with this same problem. I see some folks have had success.

    Respectfully,

    Lorna

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-04-03T18:58:59+00:00

    Finally got mine to work again today, but it defaults to New York City and I am in CT.  when I change location, it says "not found" I checked my location sensor and it is enabled.  usually once I have the gadget working, the zip code changes the location easily.  it must not be connecting for some other reason

    That sounds exactly like what happens when the gadget does NOT work.  It will default to New York and any other location you try won't be found.  The latter is the key.  If it is working properly any location will be found.  So while you say it is working I say it is not.

    Try deleting it and adding it to the desktop again.  If that doesn't work go through one of the recommended fixes again.

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