Weather gadget not working- Cannot connect to service

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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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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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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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Anonymous

2015-03-10T23:55:15+00:00

Hello,

thank you for this fix.

I have a question: What do I do if I only have one computer with the gadget not working?....
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Anonymous

2015-03-10T06:17:26+00:00

Ran into the issue today. Your timestamp approach worked for me, thx.

There was no need for me to change the computer's time, a simple touch-tool (which I have at hand anyway) did the trick as well.
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Anonymous

2015-03-08T19:43:44+00:00

Forum etiquette aside

the only way a solution other than that currently provided by AndersWillhelmsson will work, is to switch off your Windows Updates.....

cause, as pointed out, and i've verified from own experience, keep your windows updates switched on and you're 99% guaranteed the next software update you accept, will put you back to square one: cannot connect.

I've tried alternative windows gadgets, but the connections got switched off after a MS crucial update.

I've currently resigned to following Anders' latest sollution with the year change, and, todate, have not experienced any further problems.

Joe's response is to not understand why he had the problem in the first place, which Anders' solution is trying to attend to.

Copying software from one machine to another, is great, if you happen to have access to an alternative working version.... but then you have to bare in mind are you dealing with 32 or 64 byte machines;

and even then, that fix will only be temporary.... :/

Either way, the route goal is to have our treasured weather gadget working again.

So glad i'm finally enjoying a working solution.
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