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
    2015-03-03T06:59:17+00:00

    I tried that and it didn't work.  By the way, since I have it on another computer (Win7 also) which has the gadgets that work, I copied (overwrote) all of the associated files onto my other computer on which the gadgets didn't work.  After I did that, the weather gadgets worked for a couple of weeks. hen suddenly, they stopped again.

     I'm beginning to think that there is something else wrong since my Hearts card game suddenly began operating at lightning speed and I cannot access the animation button on it to change the animation. It is grayed out and I cannot click on it.  Also, my PDF file reader program doesn't work anymore.  I completely uninstalled it and went to the Adobe web page and downloaded the program again which didn't do any good.

    I had some local "expert" over who spent 2 hours and pontificated how good he was,  After 2 hours and $100 payment, nothing has changed.  Out of desperation, I think I will have to go to Microsoft Technical support and spend another $169 for a year's support and see if they can help me.  They said they guarantee that they would be able to fix any problem I have.  What I don't want to do is have them tell me that they have to reformat my hard disk and reinstall the operating system and have me lose all my personal programs and files.  I can do that myself without spending $169. 

    If you or anyone else who reads this can give me any info on whether they had a good or bad experience with Microsoft Technical Support,  please let me know.

    Thanks to all of you who responded to my problem.

    Fred

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-03-03T06:45:14+00:00

    I was going to do that but since Microsoft doesn't support the gadgets anymore, I was afraid that once I uninstalled it, I wouldn't be able to reinstall it again since I don't know where I would be able to obtain the Microsoft gadgets to download.

    If you can give me more info on this, I would appreciate it.

    Thanks for your input.

    Fred

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-03-02T17:08:39+00:00

    Here how you fix this issue:

    Go to "C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live\Services\Cache", open "Config.xml" (RMB -> Edit) and save it (File -> Save) without doing any changes. After 10-20 seconds restart the gadget!

    from:

    http://forums.techguy.org/windows-7/1142347-win-7-weather-desktop-gadget.html

    Sigh ...

    PLEEEASE REEEAD First - Reply later!

    That trick will work, yes, for a few days, or a week, and then it'll stop working again ...

    AS I've written SO MANY TIMES:

    "This morning I simply changed the Date on the config.xml, to 2017, and then set the Attribute READ ONLY on the file, and it's still working ..."

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