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
    2016-01-29T19:43:45+00:00

    When will you start reading what I write? No gadget has been disabled by a security update in January 2013 or anytime after. The weather gadget is still working. You have developed a notoriously misunderstanding, fullquoting, double posting, trolling and bashing nightmare on this thread that can't even tell venerability and vulnerability apart.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-01-29T18:06:36+00:00

    Don't believe everything anybody writes on front pages in bold capital letters. That post never should have been made. It was quoted from a user who hasn't said anything before or since, and the quoter himself changed his mind the moment a more qualified user kicked in. Unfortunately it didn't happen on this thread.

    No gadget has been disabled by a security update in January 2013 or anytime after.

    Vol Z,  What are you talking about or when are you going to get up to date???  Most all of the original Gadgets have either been disabled or not updated since they came out, especially Weather, so most have stopped working due to not being updated or supported or defective Updates that MS has issued for Win Vista or Win7!  As listed in my Post above, all you have to do is install one of the latest updated Weather Gadgets to fix the Weather Gadget problem with Vista and Win 7!  They won't work with Win 8.1 or Win 10, which has new Weather Apps that you can install and check out.  None of them in the MS Store appear to be as good as the old Gadgets and some you have to even pay for!  Vol Z,   you just need to get up to date and stop just jumping in whenever you see a Post that excites you!  A lot has changed and all the old Posts on this thread are simply outdated now, since the new updated Weather Gadgets were made available and Posted!!  Get over it and move on!

    MitchZZ

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-01-29T06:16:02+00:00

    Don't believe everything anybody writes on front pages in bold capital letters. That post never should have been made. It was quoted from a user who hasn't said anything before or since, and the quoter himself changed his mind the moment a more qualified user kicked in. Unfortunately it didn't happen on this thread.

    No gadget has been disabled by a security update in January 2013 or anytime after.

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