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
    2015-04-03T09:44:53+00:00

    WEATHERFIX - One-Click Restore Weather gadget connections

    Changing config.xml to future date and read-only may sometimes permanently freeze current locations.

    You can automate 2013 excellent Sting's method, just clicking everyday on a new Shortcut to maintain or restore Weather gadget connections.

    No damage to any System file. Works (32 & 64 bit) Vista, Win 7, and 8GadgetPack Win7, 8, 8.1 & 10 Preview.

    Create 2 Notepad files (copy/paste Command lines), and put them together on C: root.

    New Shortcut on desktop, toward .vbs file, will do the trick.

    === WEATHERFIX.vbs === Running .bat without remaining DOS window ===

    Set oWShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")

    oWShell.Run """C:\WEATHERFIX.bat""", 0, False

    Set oWSHell = Nothing

    === WEATHERFIX.bat === Updating config.xml current time

    :: Stopping Gadgets Process

    @echo off

    if not exist task "%ProgramFiles%\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe" goto follow

    taskkill /f /im sidebar.exe

    :follow

    :: Updating config.xml timestamp

    pushd "%localappdata%\microsoft\windows live\services\cache"

    copy /B config.xml +,,

    popd

    :: Restarting Gadgets Process

    "%ProgramFiles%\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe"

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-04-03T06:23:08+00:00

    Just to update...changing the date did not work.  The weather gadget shows up but apparently I will have to move to New York to be able to use it.  It will not change from New York to my city.

    Again, pardon my stupidity.

    IF you had set the config.xml to be READ-ONLY before changing to a new Location, it can't work.

    Since when the file is READ-ONLY the Weather Gadget cannot save your new location.

    Exit Weather Gadget, Remove the READ-ONLY on the config.xml file, start Weather Gadget, set new Location, exit Weather Gadget, change date on computer to Year 2017, open and RE-save config.xml, set Date back on computer, change config.xml to be READ-ONLY.

    To set or unset READ-ONLY; rightclick config.xml, chose Properties, check or uncheck READ-ONLY, click OK.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-04-03T02:57:56+00:00

    Just to update...changing the date did not work.  The weather gadget shows up but apparently I will have to move to New York to be able to use it.  It will not change from New York to my city.

    Again, pardon my stupidity.

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