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
    2016-06-11T16:38:25+00:00

    Vol VZ' Post above is just ridiculous!  He seems to be stuck in a time warp, as there is no need to keep trying to make the old Weather Gadgets work, as there are updated Weather gadgets that do work and are not dependent on any of the complex config modifications or other files to work!

    Just download one of the following updated Weather Gadgets and they will workfine on Vista, Win 7, and maybe Win 8, but not Win 10! Nothing else is required!!

     Anyone getting them to work with Win 8.1 and Win 10, Please Post a Solution!?

    Updated MSN Weather Gadget V 3.0: http://www17.zippyshare.com/v/RC14U71Y/file.html   Good!

    Updated MSN Weather Gadget V3.1: http://www56.zippyshare.com/v/skHmkiDZ/file.html   Good!

    Updated Original Weather Gadget, 1 May 15 Version: http://1drv.ms/1Rk7yXe  Good!

      You may have to use this updated Link to download? :

    https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=86cfd36ee9709940!593&authkey=!AKYd8xdLYVd82RY&ithint=folder%2c

    MitchZZ

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-06-11T18:12:59+00:00

     http://1drv.ms/1Rk7yXe

    What in ""Shorten link" option no longer available on OneDrive" do you not understand?

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-06-11T18:54:48+00:00

    ...nearly correct.

    Files in the cache have a "lifetime", and after that has expired, it will not be used.

    Periodically changing the Saved date by rewriting the file, or setting the date to somewhen in the future prevents the expiry, hence the trick of changing the save date to 2021 as suggested in this thread.

    T

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