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
    2015-02-07T21:50:02+00:00

    you say you have it actually working, mine only works as far as the gadget will open & appear on desktop but it wont work as far as gathering any data at all, currency's new or old, I'd like to be able to get ti to at least collect data of old currency's for now & if it becomes possible to get it to get update rates at a later date, but appreciate if you can at least tell me how to get it collecting data at all as it just has the annoying message "cannot connect to service"

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-02-07T19:25:46+00:00

    hi thanks, files might be helpful to others but I got mine working by just editing the file, but what I would like is how to do the same fix to fix the same problem with the currency gadget as it also displays cannot connect to service

    I dont think its possible to get the currency gadget to work anymore. I have a "working" version, but the exchange rates have not changed for months. I think the server is offline

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-02-07T18:26:00+00:00

    hi thanks, files might be helpful to others but I got mine working by just editing the file, but what I would like is how to do the same fix to fix the same problem with the currency gadget as it also displays cannot connect to service

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