Weather gadget not working- Cannot connect to service

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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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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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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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2013-03-08T02:22:52+00:00

Can you link to my file and blog http://my.opera.com/wikipedian/blog/2013/03/08/fix-it-weather-gadget-and-currency-gadget-not-work-in-windows-7-displaying-ca? I have simplified your instructions (using the %localappdata% to eliminate the [user]\ issue). I have also found it unnecessary to replace the cache (only the config and settings.ini, though I suspect the settings.ini need not to be replaced). Can you confirm this? I can't cause both my PCs are "fixed."

Sure I will give it a shot tomorrow when I get home. But I am willing to bet that yes, if the settings.ini and config.xml file are both intact and not missing any necessary information (like the ones that are part of this fix that I uploaded) then replacing the cache should not be necessary since those files are responsible for the updating (and creation of) said cache.

So your simplified instructions that eliminate one of the three steps I had in the original procedure should be just fine :-) If you hear anyone say it is not working for them then you could always add the cache step back in.
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2013-03-08T02:11:44+00:00

Can you link to my file and blog http://my.opera.com/wikipedian/blog/2013/03/08/fix-it-weather-gadget-and-currency-gadget-not-work-in-windows-7-displaying-ca? I have simplified your instructions (using the %localappdata% to eliminate the [user]\ issue). I have also found it unnecessary to replace the cache (only the config and settings.ini, though I suspect the settings.ini need not to be replaced). Can you confirm this? I can't cause both my PCs are "fixed."
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2013-03-08T02:06:08+00:00

I have written a blog post about it: http://my.opera.com/wikipedian/blog/2013/03/08/fix-it-weather-gadget-and-currency-gadget-not-work-in-windows-7-displaying-ca

I have simplified your instructions as well. I tried the fix without the cache and it works!

And yeah I'm a Google Drive user ;)

Edit: Whoa! 30 people viewing my file?

Haha nice! I have counted at least 25-30 people that my fix has worked for so far throughout several threads (all with questions about the weather gadget) on these forums. I have though, found one who seems to be a bit upset. Although he did not give any technical feedback on what exactly he tried, I provided him a response. Perhaps you can as well. He is claiming Microsoft is disabling the stock gadgets. Not true as all of us on this thread know :-)

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-desktop/weather-and-currecny-gadget-stopped-working-cannot/0ffffebe-adad-4c57-a4d3-52a7baf5a876
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