Weather gadget not working- Cannot connect to service

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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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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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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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Anonymous

2015-03-22T20:40:21+00:00

Wrong!

Contra-factual!

Poor reading skills!

Fear mongering!

...

Just say NO!

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Anonymous

2015-03-22T18:35:34+00:00

Still have the currency app. Wonder why, as you said Microsoft disabled them both. Just curious,

thanks for your post.
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Anonymous

2015-03-22T09:31:06+00:00

This reply says Microsoft disabled the weather. This answer is date January 15, 2013. I was using the weather gadget up to about 2 or 3 months ago 2015. If it was removed via a recent Security Update that tells me Microsoft has chose to remove it instead of fix the problem.

I am running Win 7 and get the automated updates. This computer has several user accounts. On one account, the weather gadget switches to Forecast mode after each set of updates. The other accounts are unaffected. Touching the config.xml file seems to clear up the problem at the next timer cycle of the weather gadget.

Microsoft updates certainly have not removed the sidebar gadgets from my machine, nor can I find claim (from them) that they have done so. Microsoft Security Advisory 2719662 (qv) states:

Applying the automated Microsoft Fix it solution described in Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 2719662 disables the Windows Sidebar experience and all Gadget functionality.

Recommendation. Customers who are concerned about vulnerable or malicious Gadgets should apply the automated Microsoft Fix it solution as soon as possible. For more information, see the Suggested Actions section of this advisory.

The question is: did MS introduce this "shutdown mode" intentionally or by accident, or is this an action by some third party?

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