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
    2015-08-17T16:32:22+00:00

    What I find strange about this, is that these comments and suggestions all date back to 2013.

    My weather gadget still works fine on one of my Win7 computers as of today, Aug 17, 2015

    except that it shows me the weather of yesterday as today, and then the forecasts are all a

    day off.

    On my other Win7 machine, the gadget worked perfectly fine until 2 or 3 days ago when we

    had a power outage that shut off my internet connection.  My computer, being a laptop and

    on an UPS system was fine, but could not connect to anything via internet until power was

    restored about an hour later.  Anyhow, the weather gadget has not worked since.  Keep getting

    the message, "Can not connect to server". 

    I can live without the weather gadget, but just strange how it works and all the comments

    I have read on this forum from more than a year ago. 

    BTW, I have every update MS has issued, so that is not causing the problem.

    What I find strange is your question!  Please do some reading of the last few pages of this thread!!  Yes, this has been an issue for quite some time or 2013, as MS has refused to fix it!!  If you can live without it, why are you here searching and asking questions??  If you have every update installed that MS has issued, then that may be your problem as MS has probably issued an update that caused the problem in the first place, but they now refuse to support gadgets or issue any new update that would fix this particuliar problem!  You really had a strange question that is hard to follow??  Read first then ask questions!  Thanks!

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-08-17T15:47:39+00:00

    What I find strange about this, is that these comments and suggestions all date back to 2013.

    My weather gadget still works fine on one of my Win7 computers as of today, Aug 17, 2015

    except that it shows me the weather of yesterday as today, and then the forecasts are all a

    day off.

    On my other Win7 machine, the gadget worked perfectly fine until 2 or 3 days ago when we

    had a power outage that shut off my internet connection.  My computer, being a laptop and

    on an UPS system was fine, but could not connect to anything via internet until power was

    restored about an hour later.  Anyhow, the weather gadget has not worked since.  Keep getting

    the message, "Can not connect to server". 

    I can live without the weather gadget, but just strange how it works and all the comments

    I have read on this forum from more than a year ago. 

    BTW, I have every update MS has issued, so that is not causing the problem.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-08-13T20:21:20+00:00

    as the Vista proves it was a MS Update that caused it

    No, it doesn't. We've explored in depth why one of your Windows 7 accounts still works while the others do not, and it's the same with Vista. There is a COUNTDOWN running on both accounts, because with the offline-taking of conwigW7.xml as well as Vista's config.xml the funcionality of the gadget has become TEMPORARY. We know that your Windows 7 Gadget is going to fail around September 24, and the Vista one WILL FAIL TOO.

    NEITHER THE UNABILITY TO CONNECT TO THE SERVICE NOR THE LOCATION SEARCH FAILURE IS RELATED TO WINDOWS UPDATE, UNLESS ANYBODY NAMES THAT ONE. I CANNOT EXPLAIN THE CURRENT OR PERMANENT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SEARCH FUNCTIONALITIES, BUT THEY DO NOT OCCUR AS A RESULT OF WINDOWS UPDATES.

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