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
    2015-05-11T04:00:24+00:00

    Warning: Setting the date forward on the computer can have some negative effects which I'm not sure are corrected by setting the current date and time, like ending OEM support and updates for my computer.   I won't do that again!

    Sigh ...  But the damage was already done, before I tried Attribute Magic (March 30, 2015). So I have marked Sting251 and Francis30 answers as helpful.  Sigh ... Unfortunately, there is no Dangerous or Risky selection for the repeated '"change date on computer to Year 2017" answer that did not help.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-05-10T16:03:56+00:00

    This worked for me as well.  I changed one letter and then changed it back and saved the file.

    It now works!!

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-05-08T16:59:31+00:00

    People this is a forum not a debate column. The fix worked for me because I didn't understand the line I found (RMB -> Edit) and save it (File -> Save) without doing any changes. No changes, no option to save so did what I posted and it worked. I will post back later to let you know if it stayed or not. There could be other fixes that work but non programmer types like me try simpler solutions than what was written because they are confusing  so it doesn't break something else...simple! BTW I deleted the > in the first line and placed it back to get the save option. I will try the date thing next if it wont stay connected.

    Have a great and relaxing weekend!

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