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
    2016-05-06T15:41:29+00:00

    Updated Original Weather Gadget, 1 May 15 Version: http://1drv.ms/1Rk7yXe  Good!

    MitchZZ

    Hi,

    i looked for an "Original Weather Gadget" updated on 1.5.2015 through the whole wide web without any luck :((

    Would it be possible for you to reupload the file? Your cloud tells the file is not available any more.

    Thank you very much in advance.

    Jaro  

    Jaro\_1 , Its not available on the web anymore!!  The file is available in your Post copied above, so just go to the site and download it!  If you don't know how to download a file, have someone help you, as it seems you may need some help after reading your Post above?  The file is available, but you may have to get access to MS Cloud and know how to download a file from it!

    Hope this helps!

    MitchZZ

    Jaro,

    Its not available on the web believe me as I've tried to find it also again!  I have no way of sending it to you without an email address, so that's why I put it on MS Cloud Onedrive in a shared folder & file that anyone can download it from!  Its not protected or restricted and I just tried to download it and it works, so it must be something at your end that you have to do to DL it? Its been updated by someone and works great on any Vista or Win 7  OS!

    Just keep trying or contact Onedrive and ask for help!

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-05-06T14:23:04+00:00

    So, look..

    from one side, thanks for your reply. From the second one, honestly i don't think i'm so big piece of dunce not to know how to download the file in case of available.

    It seems i don't have experience with such kind of download (ms cloud or whatever), so maybe i really would need a help..

    According what's written on the site after i click to the link you've provided ("this item might not exist or is no longer available - it might have been deleted, expired or you might not have permission to view it, contact the owner for more info..") its clear the permission is the problem i have..

    I really don't want to go too deep into "miracles" of ms cloud access, so if its for me theoretically possible to access the file in there, would you be so kind to explain me in steps what should i do? Or maybe much easier would be to upload it through temporary dropbox or some other download link, please.

    Otherwise i really don't understand what's so top secret on it, that it isn't available on the web anymore? crazy..

    Jaro

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-05-06T13:31:44+00:00

    Updated Original Weather Gadget, 1 May 15 Version: http://1drv.ms/1Rk7yXe  Good!

    MitchZZ

    Hi,

    i looked for an "Original Weather Gadget" updated on 1.5.2015 through the whole wide web without any luck :((

    Would it be possible for you to reupload the file? Your cloud tells the file is not available any more.

    Thank you very much in advance.

    Jaro  

    Jaro\_1 , Its not available on the web anymore!!  The file is available in your Post copied above, so just go to the site and download it!  If you don't know how to download a file, have someone help you, as it seems you may need some help after reading your Post above?  The file is available, but you may have to get access to MS Cloud and know how to download a file from it!

    Hope this helps!

    MitchZZ

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