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
    2016-01-23T14:13:21+00:00

    I know this a post 3 years "after the fact" but do you know if this fix will work for Windows10? I have another W10 PC where the weather gadgets work fine. This one doesn't. I'd appreciate any advice. Thx.

    MSAHSV,   You don't need any of these complicated fixes put out by people trying to be helpful, just use the updated weather Gadgets listed in my back Posts!  They work on Win Vista, Win 7, and maybe on Win 8.1 or Win 10 (haven't tested as I hate Win 8.1 & 10)?  Haven't tested on Win 8.1 or Win 10, but may work?  If not, WIn 10 offers some of its own Weather Apps I'm told?  The best policy would be to revert back to Win 7, as Win 10 is un-proven and still needs lots of updates and fixes to catch up to Win 7!  It may be another Dud like Win 8 in the long run, as its a desperate attempt by MS to convert all its OSs to Win 10 by giving it away and then using it to collect data for sale and not allowing the User to block their prying of your data!  Win 10 seems to be a nightmare!

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-01-22T19:12:17+00:00

    I know this a post 3 years "after the fact" but do you know if this fix will work for Windows10? I have another W10 PC where the weather gadgets work fine. This one doesn't. I'd appreciate any advice. Thx.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-01-04T13:08:25+00:00

    funny bug... been around for a long time... 57 pages...

    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.

    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.

    Runs best from the Windows7 or Windows10 StartUp folder. Dont have to do anything after this is done.

    Works every time

    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 +,,

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