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
    2015-10-18T20:24:39+00:00

    nothin, just redid, change 60 to 45, and 30 to 15 right? and re-saved, add gadget to sidebar, same ole "cannot connect to service" - SO UPSET I MISS IT!!  It was fine before my reload, and if ever it wasn't I just re-saved the file and it came RIGHT BACK!!  so I am familiar with how to do it, I think the pc guy did something or left something out elsewhere?

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-10-18T19:57:37+00:00

    Well he installed the config file, which failed, then I created my own.  knowing him, he could cause anything to fail lol.  However, I did check and do have IE 11, although I hardly use it so it wouldn't matter what version I have, I use other browsers. so I could downgrade my IE if you think that will help?

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-10-18T16:51:15+00:00

    Reinstall Windows 7. Maybe your computer guy installed IE 11, which is said to cause trouble with gadgets, and could be uninstalled. If that is not the case, before reinstalling, create a new user account for testing purposes. On a newly created user account, including a new install of Windows, simply inserting a config.xml under "Cache" is impossible to fail, because this is just how the gagdet works. The "Cache" path gets created when opening the gadget, and so does settings.ini, which doesn't need to be preserved or copied anyway.

    Regards, VZ

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