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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2015-08-22T15:22:13+00:00

read the last few pages of this thread if you want to learn what to do!

Please show me where the case of a missing config.xml gets discussed on the last few pages. There is one such question around on this thread, and the situation is to be expected and solvable, but it didn't get addressed properly here yet. I'm too curious about the answer of the untouchable Anders.

That making fun of people's names is annoying btw.

Regards, VZ
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Anonymous

2015-08-22T14:56:30+00:00

Hi,

First of all I think so you need some correction of your very small culture.

Next, I found this post relative to the weather service as very useful for about 500 persons so .... reason to believed it is really useful but, it is not ....

and I will try to speak English to read English - very useful idea ;)

Vladimir

P.S. I think so the best idea is to shutting up if you have nothing to say MitchZZ ...
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Anonymous

2015-08-22T12:55:59+00:00

Hi,

Ad. 1.

there is no any kind of xml file in the folder specified

Ad. 2

there is no any kind of \cache\168522d5-1082-4df2-b2f6-9185c31f9472

so, I can copied settings.ini file only without any kind of results .... in my W7UN system.

Any idea ?!

Thanks in advance !

Vladimir

Hi Vladimir (Putin) ?

Please speak english and read the last few pages of this thread if you want to learn what to do! You just can't jump in and read a few of the older Posts from 2013 and think you know what the problem is or what to do!! Are you related to Putin?? LoL

Thanks

MitchZZ
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