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

2013-03-07T19:54:05+00:00

This totally worked! Thank you!
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2013-03-07T13:07:03+00:00
I have no idea what Microsoft is doing about it lol. I don't work for them. I do know that there are supposedly no more gadgets in Windows 8. So my guess is that what they are doing about it is eliminating support for the sidebar application, recommending people no longer use the gadgets, etc. It is their product so they can do whatever they want...but some people really like that darn weather gadget which leaves people like me to try and figure out a way to keep it pluggin' along.

For those that do not have another Windows 7 PC, my ideas would be:
1. Find a friend or family member who does have one and ask them to burn you a disc with the files and folder on them.
2. Someone makes a copy of the two files and the cache folder, zips it up into an archive, and uploads the package for public download on some free file sharing site.
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2013-03-07T12:56:10+00:00

No problem guys thank you for the kind words. I apologize if my directory paths to the config.xml, system.ini, and cache folder were not 100% accurate. I wrote up my fix from memory in about 3 minutes before bed the other night. It had been a long day lol. The wildcards ( % %) for the application data directory were just a way of getting to the target locations quicker from the Run menu rather than Windows Explorer. I am glad Neil was able to clarify the exact path for you!
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