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
    2015-02-07T14:13:22+00:00

    I followed your 3 steps and it worked just fine.

    I tried it again on another machine, eliminating Step 3, and cutting short the Cache folder and settings.ini just by copying the windows sidebar folder and it worked as well.

    Thanks !

    For other users:

    1. C:\users%username%\appdata\affected user\local\microsoft\windows\windows live\

    and copy the entire folder.

    1. C:\users%username%\appdata\affected user\local\microsoft\windows\windows sidebar\

    and copy the entire folder.

    %username% is the name of the User Account on the computer.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-02-07T14:51:27+00:00
    1. C:\users%username%\appdata\affected user\local\microsoft\windows\windows live\

    and copy the entire folder.

    1. C:\users%username%\appdata\affected user\local\microsoft\windows\windows sidebar\

    and copy the entire folder.

    %username% is the name of the User Account on the computer.

    There are no need for that!

    Just do what i wrote two answers up here:

    ...

    "Then Edit the Config XML file in:

    C:\Users\your name\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live\Services\Cache

    Change the lines at the top with:

     <services refresh="60">change from 60 to 45

     <service name="weather">

     <operation interval="30"/>change from 30 to 15

    and also the lines at the bottom with:

     <service name="stocks">

     <operation interval="15"/>change from 15 to 10

     </service>

     <service name="currency">

     <operation interval="30"/> change from 30 to 15

    Save the file, and that's it - restart the Weather Gadget."

    Thats it!

    READ entire Post up here!

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-02-07T16:05:20+00:00

    Guys,

    If the advice given by sting251 (thanks for posting the solution btw) fix this issue, the why not uploading to some file server the required stuff so others can get the files from there to solve this issue?

    Remember that not everyone has 2nd PC running windows 7 to copy/paste the required stuff :'(

    Don't you think that will be an easier solution?

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