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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2015-03-27T09:27:25+00:00

Update:

The answer from Kousik Adhikary is the best (the only working) I found.

I am in this time responsible for more then 10 Windows-7 Computers. On all but 2 the weather-gadget is working fine. On the two others which fails - this correction is necessary after each Microsoft-Update.

Resetting to an earlier restore-point does not help.

On these computers is no other software installed then just windows, Adobe an TeamViewer.

If you're 'responsible' for more than Ten Computers, then you should know better than answering to a Two Year OLD Post!

("In reply to Kousik Adhikary's post on January 15, 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.
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2015-03-27T08:12:58+00:00

Update:

The answer from Kousik Adhikary is the best (the only working) I found.

I am in this time responsible for more then 10 Windows-7 Computers. On all but 2 the weather-gadget is working fine. On the two others which fails - this correction is necessary after each Microsoft-Update.

Resetting to an earlier restore-point does not help.

On these computers is no other software installed then just windows, Adobe an TeamViewer.
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2015-03-27T01:46:42+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!

I'm not recommending a site, I'm recommending a gadget that's hosted on that site and used to be hosted on the official gadget website.

It's perfectly fine to use, I've been using it since 2009.
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