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
    2015-03-06T08:44:32+00:00

    Thanks sting251!

    Your almost two year old post fixed a computer again today!

    At least you did see it was two years old ...

    But AS I've written here SO many times before - REEEAD first - WRITE later!

    That solution might work for a week or so, and then the Weather Gadget is dead again.

    Instead change the Date on your computer to 2017, then just RE-save config.xml, then rightclick the file, chose Properties and check READ-ONLY, click OK, and now set the date on your computer back again to todays date.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-03-05T22:49:29+00:00

    Thanks sting251!

    Your almost two year old post fixed a computer again today!

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-03-05T18:59:21+00:00

    Your problem sounds similar to the one I've had and haven't been able to correct.  My weather gadgets can't connect but in addition, I noticed my hearts program animation button is shaded which does not allow me to change the speed of the card movements.  Also, the other day, when I tried to load my Adobe reader to read a PDF file, I couldn't; a dialog box came up and notified me that it could not find the files.  I checked them and they were fine.  In addition, I uninstalled the Adobe reader and downloaded it again and installed it -- the same dialog box came up when I tried to access it.  Obviously, something in the operating system is amiss and I don't know what.  I hate to have to try using the Microsoft repair cd that came with my computer since I fear I will lose all my personal files and programs.

    I bought two computers last year with Windows 7 (a desktop and a laptop).  Everything appears to be working fine with the laptop even though I've installed the Microsoft updates the same as the desktop. In another post I made on this website, I mentioned I hired a local "expert" to come over and fix my problem.  He left after 2 hours and charging me $100 and accomplished nothing meaningful but pontificate how I shouldn't have Spybot on my computer with Microsoft Security Essentials since they will clash with each other and thereupon uninstalled Microsoft Essentials. (I don't know about that but intend to find out more on this issue later.) 

    Where do we go from here? I think I'm going to try to restore my computer to last march period before all these things began going wrong. My other last-ditch effort will be to contact Microsoft Technical help and pay the $149 dollar fee for a year's technical help, but what I've gathered here on this site is they weren't able to help either.

    Anyone with any more ideas, let me  know since I'm at my wits end on this problem.

    Fred

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