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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2013-03-08T00:45:35+00:00

Click on "get a link." That's right below Twitter and Facebook icons.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/skydrive/change-access-permissions-faq

If you delete the "settings.ini" and the other file? Just curious.

I have tried nuking the entire "Windows Sidebar" folder (was recreated) but to no avail. Uninstalled and re-installed the Windows side bar (through turn Windows feature on and off), nada.
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2013-03-08T00:21:28+00:00

Okay I created a .zip file with the cache directory and the two files for you...the same ones that I used to fix my father's computer the other night so we know those work. I have uploaded it to my SkyDrive

And yes, of course I closed the weather gadget and re-opened it to test if my fix would still work after exiting the application. I tried that several times. I also made sure the sidebar.exe process tree was indeed not running before relaunching the gadget.

Today, to test it further in attempt to "break" the gadget, I manually deleted the Weather gadget cache, and after relaunching the gadget everything still worked like a charm; the cache was rebuilt once it retrieved the information needed from it's Internet weather source.

https://skydrive.live.com/embed?cid=25F54624219FE514&resid=25F54624219FE514%21137&authkey=AMxWC28Yam4S118
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Anonymous

2013-03-08T00:07:24+00:00

I have tried using the Windows 7's backup. No avail.

Can you zip up YOUR copy and upload it to your Skydrive?

If all else fails, probably best to wait for Microsoft who will issue a "permanent" fix (hopefully).

Edit: If you "close" the weather gadget and re-open it, does it remain "fixed"?

Try this:

Delete cache, close weather gadget, reboot computer, re-open weather gadget. I'm thinking of ways to "break" the gadget ;)
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