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
    2015-04-01T02:38:20+00:00

    From one West Virginian to another.  Forget the weather gadget and move to Florida.  It gets cold here but only one time in 30 years has it got down that low (5 degrees).  But it never stays cold.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-03-31T09:23:54+00:00

    In my experience, when one of the Weather Gadgets works, they all do.

    Try creating a new one and setting the location to Raleigh, WV (25871).

    The current temp is 4°C.

    The ...\Windows Sidebar\Cache\168522d5-1082-4df2-b2f6-9185c31f9472 folder has _wc-USWV0620Fde-DE_.xml which contains:

    <CacheFile>

    <Version>1.0</Version>

    <SavedTime>130722664586979150</SavedTime>

    <ExpiryTime>130726984586979150</ExpiryTime>

    <Data><?xml version="1.0"?>

    <weatherdata

    xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"

    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

    <weather

    weatherlocationcode="wc:USWV0620"

    weatherlocationname="Raleigh, USA" zipcode=""

    url="http://www.msn.com/de-de/wetter/heute/Raleigh,West-Virginia,Vereinigte-Staaten-von-Amerika/we-city-37.771,-81.249?ctsrc=Windows7"

    imagerelativeurl="http://wst.s-msn.com/i/de/" degreetype="F" provider="iMap"

    attribution="Daten wurden bereitgestellt von iMap"

    attribution2="© iMap"

    lat="37.77135" long="-81.24862" timezone="-4" alert=""

    entityid="10037915" encodedlocationname="Raleigh%2c+USA">

    <current temperature="39" skycode="31" skytext="Wolkenlos" date="2015-03-31"

    observationtime="04:51:00" observationpoint="Beckley, Raleigh County Memorial Airport"

    feelslike="39" humidity="55" winddisplay="6 mph SSW" day="Dienstag" shortday="Di" windspeed="6"/>

    <forecast low="35" high="61" skycodeday="30" skytextday="Teilweise bewölkt" date="2015-03-31"

    day="Dienstag" shortday="Di" precip="0"/>

    <forecast low="43" high="57" skycodeday="34" skytextday="Weitgehend sonnig"

    date="2015-04-01" day="Mittwoch" shortday="Mi" precip="0"/>

    <forecast low="57" high="71" skycodeday="11" skytextday="Schauer"

    date="2015-04-02" day="Donnerstag" shortday="Do" precip="40"/>

    <forecast low="43" high="68" skycodeday="4" skytextday="Gewitter"

    date="2015-04-03" day="Freitag" shortday="Fr" precip="60"/>

    <forecast low="32" high="52" skycodeday="11" skytextday="Schauer"

    date="2015-04-04" day="Samstag" shortday="Sa" precip="20"/>

    <toolbar timewindow="60" minversion="1.0.1965.0"/>

    </weather>

    </weatherdata>

    </Data>

    </CacheFile>

    Try that and see if it works.

    T.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-03-30T18:52:57+00:00

    This time, I used Attribute Magic Free, to set the date ;to 2017 and read only on Config.XML;  a small download.  I scanned it with a malware program before and after unzipping.  Quick and easy with the graphical interface.  The Winodws weather gadget (not app) is working even though  25871 is still frozen at 28º.  Another small bug,, both weather gadgets move around when I restart the gadgets or the computer, but I can live with that.

    I closed both MSN and Windows weather gadgets and reinstalled, so now they are working and staying  in place.

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