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
    2015-07-02T00:28:38+00:00

    What that guy seems to be talking about is this:

    http://www.askvg.com/how-to-restore-reinstall-all-uninstalled-desktop-gadgets-in-windows-vista-and-7/

    but forget about that. Your non-working gadget isn't corrupt, needn't be restored and didn't get disabled by Windows Update or whatever.

    It has simply lost the online support of http://gadgets.live.com/configW7.xml, a configuration file it is depending on to continue to work. To get the gadget independent of that file, it needs its cached equivalent protected against expiry, meaning that one's date modified set to the future.

    Copy the path

    %localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows Live\Services\Cache

    and paste it to your address bar to go there. Download the archive

    config2021.zip

    and replace your config.xml file with the one contained there. This will keep your configuration file independent of its turned off online representation for the next five years and thus the gadget working.

    Regards, VZ

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-07-01T18:35:21+00:00

    Sorry but it won't work for me as right clicking on the gadget doesn't provide a properties option.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-07-01T18:34:03+00:00

    Sorry, but I'm not convinced, as it still works on my PC, just not my laptop, and a moderator has posted a fix, though it won't work for me as right clicking on the gadget doesn't provide a properties option.

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