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
    2016-06-12T15:06:29+00:00

    The weather gadget has always depended on regular refreshing of Config.xml. This used to be provided by the presence of its online equivalent http://gadgets.live.com/configW7.xml. The mere absence of this file, which got removed circa end of Windows 7 mainstream support, causes the gadget's malfunction. It will continue to work, however, as long as a copy of ConfigW7.xml remains under Temporary Internet Files. Not only will Config.xml not be automatically refreshed with configW7.xml missing, it will also not be created on newly created user accounts.

    The weather gadget has not been disabled in January 2013, as this guy on page 1 successfully claims, and in January 2015 nothing more than an online file has been removed.

    Regards, VZ

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-06-12T14:51:42+00:00

    I'm being stalked by this user. Can a moderator please stop this?

    VZ, the only person stalking anyone is you!   You have been repeatedly  advised in replies to your comments that your comments were misleading and wrong and outdated, and that your advise to Users was incorrect about the Weather Gadget and possibly dangerous!  Your response has been to ignore all replies and continue to Post the same old outdated comments that Users had to modify different OS configuration files and make other risky and dangerous changes that could render a Users OS useless, if not done correctly!  My advise to you was to stop giving the bad and outdated advise and just use available updated Weather Gadget programs that work perfectly without any dangerous changes to the OS configuration files.  Unfortunately, you keep giving the same bad and outdated advise to Users and you now  allege that my replies are somehow stalking you, which is silly and paranoid and not true!  My advise to you is to take a break from this long running issue and not take it so personal, as it is not personal!  My comments about the Weather Gadget are strictly technical and it is you that has made it personal!

    I won't ask that a Moderator take any action against you, as you should simply be ignored if you continue to Post old misleading and dangerous advise that Users should take to correct or try to get the old and outdated Weather gadget to work!  Such advise is simply not needed and outdated, and could be dangerous if followed incorrectly by Users!

    MitchZZ

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-06-12T11:59:59+00:00

    I'm being stalked by this user. Can a moderator please stop this?

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