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
    2015-03-26T09:49:06+00:00

    Dude, every single time someone reply's to this thread you say the same thing. Changing to 2017 will only last until 2017. Just tell people to switch over to the working gadget MSN Weather 2.0 instead that you can download here http://gallery-live.com/sidebar-gadgets/MSN%20Weather%202.0 it's nearly identical to the original gadget no one will have a problem with it.

    Then just set the Year to any year you wish ...

    The site you are recommending is NOT the same as Microsofts http://Live.com, instead that is a private 'commercial' site, and no one knows what a Gadget one picks up there can do with your Windows ...

    Beware!

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-03-26T07:51:04+00:00

    Download files in "Fix weather gadget.zip" :

    https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1Tan13i1a63OGxTYkVvZGdvS3c/edit

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-03-26T06:51:11+00:00

    I'm not someone who usually posts in forums like this either but I had to give a HUGE THANK YOU to sting251 for this amazing fix!  It worked like a charm!  I like having that weather gadget on my desktop so I can know the exact temperature at a glance without having to load a weather web site.  I tried other desktop weather services but none of them were just right.

    Again, thanks SO much to sting251!  You are truly awesome!  :-)

    You're answering to a Two Year OLD post ...

    ("In reply to sting251's post on March 6, 2013")

    REEEAD later posts, and you'll find THE Fix!

    Set the config.xml file located at:

    C:\Users\YourOwnWindowsName\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live\Services\Cache

    to be READ-ONLY - after changing the Date to 2017 - according to my instructions, that's been posted here over and over ...

    READ back and you'll find my instructions on how to change the Date and how to set the file to READ-ONLY.

    Dude, every single time someone reply's to this thread you say the same thing. Changing to 2017 will only last until 2017. Just tell people to switch over to the working gadget MSN Weather 2.0 instead that you can download here http://gallery-live.com/sidebar-gadgets/MSN%20Weather%202.0 it's nearly identical to the original gadget no one will have a problem with it.

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