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
    2015-05-08T00:55:15+00:00

    I found this fix on another forum and it is easier than anything else 

    ("Gadgets have been discontinued", "Microsoft has discontinued gadgets" and so on)!

    Here how you fix this issue:

    Go to "C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live\Services\Cache", open "Config.xml" (RMB -> Edit) and save it (File -> Save) without doing any changes. OR remove one little character and replace it back exactly as you found it then save changes.

    After 10-20 seconds restart the gadget!

    No need to look on other forums as that "fix" has been posted here for months now.  Problem is it is temporary.  Your weather gadget will soon stop working again.  The permanent fix is to change the date on the config.xml file.  This fix has been posted here as well.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-05-08T00:42:55+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 .

    I found this fix on another forum and it is easier than anything else 

    ("Gadgets have been discontinued", "Microsoft has discontinued gadgets" and so on)!

    Here how you fix this issue:

    Go to "C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live\Services\Cache", open "Config.xml" (RMB -> Edit) and save it (File -> Save) without doing any changes. OR remove one little character and replace it back exactly as you found it then save changes.

    After 10-20 seconds restart the gadget!

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-05-06T10:10:33+00:00

    That depends on how old the source file is: for a while you get "n Hours ago", then the cached forecast, then "Cannot connect" again.

    If the settings.ini file exists, and the config.xml file has a write date of less than three days ago, it should work as expected. These files are small can be typed in by hand if necessary; the cache files not so easy!

    T.

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