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
    2015-06-19T07:37:16+00:00

    I didn't try it, maybe they got the links backward

    David

    Oops, that should read "I didn't try the disable utility, ..."

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-06-19T07:35:38+00:00

    I tried this too, after going to: http://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2719662 where there are tools that are supposed to either disable or enable this function.  On my PC, the MS utility did NOT enable the function, (I didn't try it, maybe they got the links backward).  The utility also needs a reboot, but asks for feedback first: typical basic blunder ask you if it works before you can test it.

    So I move to the above posting and after each step, I tried the weather gadget to see what happened.

    1.  After the first, the weather worked, using a location but not allowing me to change it.

    1. After the second, there was no difference: it showed a location, but I can't change it.
    2. After the third, I got the locations on my source PC, but still can't add or change them.

    FYI: My source PC is an Acer Netbook D270 with Windows 7 starter, the destination a new Lenovo M73 with Windows 7 Pro.  This OS difference may affect results.

    David

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-06-18T14:54:49+00:00

    There is also no point in making the file read only. If you just set the file to the future, the problem is fully fixed. No outside mechanism is capable of reverting the setting made by you. Anders insists on irritating people with that read-only thing without having tested otherwise, although it'd only mean to remove one little setting for a few days.

    Regards, VZ

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