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
    2015-02-19T06:08:57+00:00

    So...it looks like the servers are kill, doesn't mater what you do the app won't actually update.

    Not a problem though since the MSN weather gadget works perfectly fine, and it looks almost exactly the same as the default Win 7 gadget, except you get a 5 day forecast instead of 3.

    You can download it here  http://gallery-live.com/sidebar-gadgets/MSN%20Weather%202.0

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-02-19T09:26:23+00:00

    I did the Config.xml fix and it worked for a week but then it stopped.  I was able to do it again and it is working again but no doubt it will stop working at some point.

    The solution you propose is a bit too technical for me and I am sure others so I will just remove the weather gadget.

    Perhaps I've found another kind of solution.

    This morning I simply changed the Date on the config.xml, to 2017, and then set the Attribute READ ONLY on the file, and it's still working ...

    Personally I use a program called FileMenu Tool to change the Date, from http://www.lopesoft.com/en/filemenutools but there are many other programs that simply changes the date.

    Another way to change date on a file, is to change the date in your computer, then RE-save the file, and then set the date back again to correct date.

    And to set Attribute just rightclick the file, chose Properties, and Click Read-Only, click OK.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-02-19T21:14:08+00:00

    The first time it happened to me is Feb 18, 2015.  The 2 files and a directory from a working machine solved my weather gadget problem too.  Hopefully someone will have time to dig into the files in question to provide a why to go with the how.

    On the down side.  As soon as I applied this fix, my sidebar zCalendar only displayed 'NaN' where each day number should have appeared.  Shutting down the gadget and dragging it back out fresh (same as C in the weather gadget fix) solved this too.

    Thank you so much for your effort.  I am sure it saved me many hours of digging.  Your solution was one of the first I found.  I was just happy my wife's computer had not been affected yet, so I had a source of good data/files to collect from.

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