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
    2015-02-12T01:15:20+00:00

    Man/Woman, I freaking love you =) ! I followed your lead and it WORKS!!! After a whole freaking week It finally works =) ! I don't have a second pc so I couldn't copy files from another one to the one I'm using. But I found that "config" file on my back up hard drive. Strange but these files were missing on my computer I don't know why =S especially config file and "168522d5-1082-4df2-b2f6-9185c31f9472" folder. And another thing which is odd. People are writing all the time:

    %localappdata%\affected user\local\microsoft\windows\windows sidebar\cache\

    But I don't have any "windows sidebar" map in the "windows map". My Windows sidebar map is located directly in microsoft folder, like this: %localappdata%\affected user\local\microsoft*windows sidebar*\cache\

    Thanks once again! I've found the gadget for windows vista which works the same, and without any problems but its too small in size.

    Cheers, Johann <333333333

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-02-12T11:24:18+00:00

    Thanks Anders. This worked for me after much Googling this problem.  My gadget stopped working about 10 days ago (no idea why, after years of working) with the notice: "Cannot connect to service".

    It remains to be seen whether (weather??) it continues to update with the correct temperature - of a town some 15 miles away (my nearest recognised weather station).

    ETA:  Yep, all working and updating nicely!

    SIGH!

    Unfortunately my gadget has stopped working again. It worked for a few days but now it's back to "Forecasted"  and I can't change the location... again.

    I tried resetting the values, but no go. What a PITA!

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-02-12T14:51:05+00:00

    Unfortunately my gadget has stopped working again. It worked for a few days but now it's back to "Forecasted"  and I can't change the location... again.

    I tried resetting the values, but no go. What a PITA!

    Just RE-save the config.xml file again, and the Weather Gadget will start working again.

    Don't ask me what this really is about, but that's the way I fixed mine when it again stopped working a few days ago.

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