Weather gadget not working- Cannot connect to service

Anonymous
2013-01-14T14:07:43+00:00

original title: Weather gadget not working !!

I have Windows 7 Ultimate 64 - bit and my weather gadget is not working, it is displaying a message "Cannot connect to service .

I have also tried by turning off firewall and antivirus but it still don't works for me .

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Anonymous
2013-01-15T09:19:57+00:00

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
2015-05-29T15:03:04+00:00

To all having this problem, the following worked for me:

After eading all kind of solutions, I changed the config.xml file according instructions and then I got connected but only to my own location (in my case Amsterdam). Tried everything else, no results, till I only give the exact zip code for the place I like to see the weather in the search menu and guess it worked, then I did the same on my computer in Greece (via teamviewer) and there it worked as well.

I hope it will help you as good as it did for me.

Ron

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-10-16T05:22:38+00:00

    Copy and paste the text below into a new text file and then change the file extension from .txt to .bat

    Run it whenever the Weather gadget crashes and then choose zip code again.

    rem Touched! - Fixes Weather Gadget by updating "config.xml" file time-date stamp

    cd\

    cd %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live\Services\Cache\

    COPY /B config.xml +,,

    Runs best from the Windows7 or Windows10 StartUp folder.

    Dont have to do anything after this is done.

    Works every time.

    If you are missing the "config.xml" a copy is here:

    http://pastebin.com/N8kH9qWw

    Its a bug that was never fixed because the service and support for it officially ended.

    Nothing more.

    Yes it does work with Windows 10

    The problem seems to have something to do with the time-date stamp of the Weather gadgets "config.xml" file.

    This batch file updates that time-date stamp from almost any location in Windows.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-06-11T16:38:25+00:00

    Vol VZ' Post above is just ridiculous!  He seems to be stuck in a time warp, as there is no need to keep trying to make the old Weather Gadgets work, as there are updated Weather gadgets that do work and are not dependent on any of the complex config modifications or other files to work!

    Just download one of the following updated Weather Gadgets and they will workfine on Vista, Win 7, and maybe Win 8, but not Win 10! Nothing else is required!!

     Anyone getting them to work with Win 8.1 and Win 10, Please Post a Solution!?

    Updated MSN Weather Gadget V 3.0: http://www17.zippyshare.com/v/RC14U71Y/file.html   Good!

    Updated MSN Weather Gadget V3.1: http://www56.zippyshare.com/v/skHmkiDZ/file.html   Good!

    Updated Original Weather Gadget, 1 May 15 Version: http://1drv.ms/1Rk7yXe  Good!

      You may have to use this updated Link to download? :

    https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=86cfd36ee9709940!593&authkey=!AKYd8xdLYVd82RY&ithint=folder%2c

    MitchZZ

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-03-06T20:07:24+00:00

    Awesome! That is great to hear I am glad it worked for you guys. Like I said I do not typically post on forums of any kind, and I tend to stay off the social networking radar, but there are quite a bit of tech sites out there with people posting the same types of questions regarding the weather gadget. It seems as though this has been going on since 2010 or so, and there have been numerous fixes attempted (few successful) up until this point. If my fix continues to be successful I would ask that if anyone belongs to any other tech sites/forums and this helped you, please repost my fix elsewhere so it helps more people out. You would be surprised how much a tiny little weather gadget means to my dad. He loves looking at that thing for some reason lol.

    Thanks again

    -Will

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