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
    2015-07-08T05:25:38+00:00

    Y'all switched to double posting?

    I'd wish for a button to erase the word "update" from peoples's minds in this context, make them stop referring to Sting251's raw, if groundbreaking attempt on a solution, and stop Anders yelling "READ-ONLY".

    The only way to solve this issue from Microsoft's part would be to bring

    http://gadgets.live.com/configW7.xml

    back online, which is not quite likely to happen.

    Regards, VZ

    Well, just wait until July 29, only 21 days now ..., and this problem will be gone forever, since then we all (almost ...) can get Win10 for free, and these Gadgets will no longer be a problem at all.

    Meanwhile:

    ALL one has to do, is to change the Date = Year, to like 2017, on the config.xml, and then set the config.xml to be Read-Only.

    The path in my system are:

    C:\Users*Your_Own_Windows_User_Name*\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live\Services\Cache

    And when there, just:

    Change the Year on the config.xml to 2017

    and then set it as a Read-Only file, and that WILL

    make the Weather Gadget work again.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-07-07T15:11:41+00:00

    Y'all switched to double posting?

    I'd wish for a button to erase the word "update" from peoples's minds in this context, make them stop referring to Sting251's raw, if groundbreaking attempt on a solution, and stop Anders yelling "READ-ONLY".

    The only way to solve this issue from Microsoft's part would be to bring

    http://gadgets.live.com/configW7.xml

    back online, which is not quite likely to happen.

    Regards, VZ

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-07-07T11:51:07+00:00

    Kousik Adhikary ,  I believe MS has issued another Security/Optional Update since your 15 Jan 2013 Post, or one issued sometime in early 2015 that disabled the Weather Gadget again or finally along with other gadgets!  The Weather Gadget still works ...

    And Bla bla BLAAAA ...

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

    Instead; READ til the End of the Thread in the/any Forum, BEFORE posting nonsense, and thus confusing other people, Thanx!

    ALL one has to do, is to change the Date = Year, to like 2017, on the config.xml, and then set the config.xml to be Read-Only.

    The path in my system are:

    C:\Users*Your_Own_Windows_User_Name*\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live\Services\Cache

    And when there, just:

    Change the Year on the config.xml to 2017

    and then set it as a Read-Only file, and that WILL

    make the Weather Gadget work again.

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