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
    2015-02-14T07:58:42+00:00

    Ignore all other answers, here is the fix:

    Already Feb. 7, 2015 I wrote exactly what you now wrote, so why should everybody ignore what's already written, when it's the same that you now came up with WITHOUT READING WHAT WAS ALREADY WRITTEN a WEEK AGO ?!

    PLEASE everyone; READ First, Write later - IF at all necessary after you've been Reading!

    It's very confusing for everyone when several persons writes the same stuff over and over again!

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-02-14T14:16:08+00:00

    You're flaming my post? Seriously? I simply Goggled the fix from another site, added the step-by-step pic's which improved this fix 100 fold. You want to flame my post because I improved the ability for the novice PC user to understand how simple it was to manually fix this? Really? The novice PC user would not be successful following your directions which is why I improved upon it. Well not "your" fix but the one I posted that appears to be nearly identical to yours. You don't open the xml like you indicate, you just right click the xml and then click edit. You indicate both must be done. You also never mention anything about the Notepad opening up and the fact that you must click "save" from the file menu on THE NOTEPAD and not the xml. Please don't be so ignorant that you cant appreciate someone else going into deeper detail for the fix so that people that are less experienced can have success. I don't eat cheerios so go p!$$ in someone else's bowl.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-02-14T14:26:43+00:00

    There is at least one other current thread about this.  The fix was first posted there.  It was then posted here by a different person.  On the other thread it was improved upon by several, doing exactly what you posted, who also posted it there. 

    http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-desktop/windows-7-weather-gadget-cannot-connect-to-service/1539d3e7-3578-4b62-ac8a-aa6c526d4078 

    Between the two, hopefully people with the issue find help.

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