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
    2015-07-22T21:41:56+00:00

    Just go here:

    http://gallery-live.com/sidebar-gadgets/MSN%20Weather%202.0

    and downlload a gadget that actually works, and remember, don't purchase anything from Microsoft unless there is no other choice. They just love screwing people over.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-07-22T21:30:22+00:00

    If this is true, then why has the weather gadget been working for all my customers, and all the refurbished computers I have sold, and my own computers at work and at home, for two and a half years since your comment?

    Only today has this issue showed up on my computer. If I cannot fix it I will start uninstalling recent Microsoft updates, and I will also complain to the Canadian government about Microsoft disabling functions in my computer without my permission.

    If what you say is true, I don't know where Microsoft gets off crippling functions on MY OWN PERSONAL PC without my permission.

    I would have to assume this falls under some hacking laws. If I can't fix this issue, I will proceed with complaints.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-07-22T14:55:00+00:00

    I did the "permanent" fix a few months ago by changing the date to 2017 and changing the config.xml to read only but it appears the weather gadget is now not working properly.  It doesn't seem to update on its own.  I have to manually do it by expanding the gadget to large size and then making it smaller again.  That usually works but I  am guessing something in a recent Windows Update is now adversely effecting  the gadget even with the "permanent" fix.

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