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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2015-03-29T18:59:25+00:00

Yes, updating the modification time of the Config.xml file did the trick! :) :) :)
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2015-03-29T09:25:32+00:00

"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 ..."

I did that Friday (27th) night and it was frozen Saturday morning, not even showing that it was daylight. It did update a couple of time thru the night though. I disabled Windows Updates in services.msc and the Action Center almost immediatly after reinstalling Windows.

If you mean that Win7 or the Weather Gadget was frozen, it surely didn't have anything to do with you setting the Year to 2017 on the config.xml file, and then setting the file as READ ONLY.

Something else went wrong with your computer, that this fix was not involved in.

Eg. perhaps your internet connection ain't always what it should be ...
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2015-03-29T07:39:56+00:00

"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 ..."

I did that Friday (27th) night and it was frozen Saturday morning, not even showing that it was daylight. It did update a couple of time thru the night though. I disabled Windows Updates in services.msc and the Action Center almost immediatly after reinstalling Windows.

Soon, I will be reinstalling Linux Mint 17.1, and if I accidentallytrash Windows, like I did first time, I might just leave it that way.

WARNING: windows and updates can be hazardous to your health!
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