FIX: Weather Gadget error “Cannot connect to service”.

There been many posts about the Weather Gadget and Currency gadget for Windows 7 showing this error. The reason for this error is that Microsoft has chosen to terminate the gadgets since they might impose a security risk for end*users.

This is not a bug or error you can solve as user, for more information please read: https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/2719662

 

Alternatives to Windows 7 Gadgets

We have selected a few good alternatives for the Windows 7 Desktop Gadgets, you can find them here;

  1. http://rainmeter.net/ – Best one
  2. http://xwidget.com/index_xw.html

 

 

About the Author

2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Windows
Yuri specializes in troubleshooting (crash analysis and devices), system resource utilisation and system performance. He is also very interested in Customer Security. Yuri can be found as Windows Community Moderator and Wiki Author on Microsoft Answers and is active on different communities all across the web.

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