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
    2015-05-15T01:44:39+00:00

    Hello Anders,

    there is no indication whatsoever for Windows Updates doing any changes to the weather gadget.

    They're leaving config.xml perfectly alone.

    As I said, you and everyone can test this. Name me a mechanism to automatically refresh the date modified, and I tell you an alternative fix for the problem. In expectation of Windows Update to set that date back to present (which is what making it revert to not working would mean, with a delay of 72 hours, of course), put an expired ("not working") config.xml into the Cache folder. Install all Updates you possibly can and wait for the gadget to return to working, as according to your theory it would have to.

    Regards, VZ

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-05-14T21:06:11+00:00

    Your comments about your daddy remarks, make me laugh so much !

    I never did it on a Microsoft forum.

    Gadgets on Win 7, 8 and so on...are gone. This is a fact.

    There is many others app. gadgets to take into consideration.

    Third parts contributors are dismissed. Seems that, people around here

    never heard about this evidence, that you pointed.

    Best regards !

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-05-14T20:23:46+00:00

    thanks this worked

    You're commenting on a more than TWO YEARS old post, that is No Longer correct...

    My Daddy warned me, "Never argue with an idiot: it's aggravating and frustrating, it accomplishes nothing, it can make the idiot aggressive, and that can be dangerous!"

    He never warned me about posting warnings for other people about idiots whose world-view is circumscribed by their ego and their nether cheeks. This might be explained, but not excused, by poor reading comprehension and a lack of observational skills.

    This thread has been very active of late. How something that works (however short-term) can be termed incorrect is a puzzle to me. Thanks to a contributor are never out of order.

    Your patent (although derivative) solution comes with its own dangers, and others with more technical know-how than you could aspire to have pointed some of them out. Your arrogant, dismissive, attitude toward anyone who isn't willing to blindly accede to your genius and march in lock-step to your will is an insult to the people who contribute to this forum.

    I guess now you'll become aggressive.

    'nuff said

    T.

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