Weather gadget not working- Cannot connect to service

it wasn't working because it more than likely became corrupt and the files I took from the laptop were from a machine that is always connected to the internet so I fail to see you point....my laptop weather gadget was working fine and I turn the laptop on every night when I go to bed so its on the internet.  As i said I am not sure where you are going with that

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Quote "Did you know if you never connect a computer to the internet you'll never get a virus?"Unquote

wrong again

Yes you can if you plug in an infected usb flash drive into the computer....not sure where you are going with that either....seems to be just rambling....as I said it cant be disabled nor unsupported as mine is now working again.

Quote" Their solution was just to disable the program so it couldnt connect, thus stopping the ability to access it. It was still installed and capable of functioning, they just turned the light off :) " Unquote

Mine is connected...that's some light they turned off lol

well duh yes if you plug in something thats infected, which would have gotten that way from online or an infected PC that was online. Didnt think I needed to state the obvious. But there is always that ONE guy. So I am not wrong, my statement is still correct but let me revise it just for you :) If you never connect to the internet OR connect a device that HAS been or installed a questionable piece of software from a non credible source, you cant get a virus...happy? LOL

There isnt anything corrupt, If it was corrupt you would have to replace it or overwrite it. Thats not the case, you just have to open it, then save it without any changes which doesnt overwrite the file because you didnt change anything. A corrupt file means damaged and is missing data and "usually" cannot be fixed automatically if it isnt a system or program file that isnt backed up (by the system not your backup) like say a picture,  and it needs to be replaced with a good copy.  While saving it writes it to the drive, you didnt change anything so the file itself is unchanged and you're rewriting the same file back to the disk. So if it were corrupt, it still would be, you would have to add the missing data back to the file. The only thing that changes is the last time modified Date and you can have an instruction to not allow that file to be accessible or readable with a Date of after  XXXX date. Saving the file changes that date thus circumventing the instruction thus making it usable again. But whatever fix they used it will read that file and see the date isnt before xxx date (in the instruction) and will re disable it until you stop the instruction. Microsoft stated that they disabled it, which means they did something to cause it to stop working. Opening and saving the file does NOT fix any corruption unless you actually change something to make it the way it was. My light is back on and connected too :)

I'm sure its not the first thing that was child proof that you/we unproofed so we could use the item properly :) I can think of several things just with a computer, like overclocking the CPU or Vid Card for example. Any geek worth his geekness has hacked a copy of something at some point in his life lol. Another example is "defender" Win 7 has it preinstalled and it is your virus software and is identical to MSE and you do not need MSE but I disable defender and use MSE as defender is not user friendly.

If you would have read what I said, they didnt make it unusable, they just turned the lights off and hid the switch :) That way the normal non techy user wont be able to use it :) I bet in the future they take a more drastic measure so it wont work at all and whatever fix shut it off will shut it off again if my assumption of using the last modified date is correct.

So thanks for the challenge, but you need to know how the **** works and what the definition of certain words are and how it applies, like "corrupt" the config.xml file is NOT corrupt. Besides if it were corrupt what are the odds that everyones config.xml file becomes corrupt at th same time causing the same failure? There are over 1000,000 files on any given hard drive, I'd say its highly unlikely bordering on impossible that we all have the same problem at the same time, with the same file, right after MS says they disabled it...HUMMM! 2+2 still equals 4 :)

Hi Karan!

(P.S I really like your name :))

Remove the gadget. Disable Firewall. Add the gadget. If it connects, it's a firewall configuration issue.

I recommend You stop using Gadgets,People can hack into your system with these. For more Info Go to: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/gadgets

it wasn't working because it more than likely became corrupt and the files I took from the laptop were from a machine that is always connected to the internet so I fail to see you point....my laptop weather gadget was working fine and I turn the laptop on every night when I go to bed so its on the internet.  As i said I am not sure where you are going with that

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Quote "Did you know if you never connect a computer to the internet you'll never get a virus?"Unquote

wrong again

Yes you can if you plug in an infected usb flash drive into the computer....not sure where you are going with that either....seems to be just rambling....as I said it cant be disabled nor unsupported as mine is now working again.

Quote" Their solution was just to disable the program so it couldnt connect, thus stopping the ability to access it. It was still installed and capable of functioning, they just turned the light off :) " Unquote

Mine is connected...that's some light they turned off lol

OH and sure it can be unsupported, XP is not supported but its still working just fine as it was before, it just doesnt get any more security patches or updates because they dont SUPPORT it anymore. Supported means they fix it when it breaks, not supported means they do not fix it. It doesnt mean it stops working.

Consider the word "supported" as a "warranty" on a car. As long as you have the warranty they will fix it for you. When the warranty expires they dont fix it FOR you anymore but the car doesnt stop running.

Some newer cars have a feature that disables your battery if it goes dead and you replace it to make you go to them to fix it. You dont have to, you can do it yourself in 5 minutes. Point being the dealer disables your whole car until they reset it, just like Microsoft can disable a feature until it gets reset. You can turn off virtually ANY program or feature in windows and if you dont know that it can be done, you wont understand that it can be disabled without removing it. There is an instruction for everything that runs on your computer and you can tell it to run, not run, run on this day but not that day, only run if this rule is met, dont run if this rule isnt met, times dates users, system levels all sorts of criteria. So before trying to tell me something cannot be disabled I suggest you take some IT courses and learn how **** works. Right click on the my computer choose "manage" then go to services and just pick something and double click on it and check out the window that comes up, and do a little learning. Thats just one way to manipulate a program and those settings can be changed by an update without your knowledge.

So while YOUR rambling about something you obviously know nothing about  and that something cant be disabled, you should take that time and learn more about how things work. And I'll show you how almost anything can be disabled and show you more than 1 way to do it, turn it off, remove a file, hide a file, dont allow this program. It only takes 1 setting of hundreds to stop something from operating correctly.