Hi guys/gals
I don't know if any of you use the sidebar gadgets but this is a useful tip if you do not just for weather but currency is disabled as well.
I installed Win7 yesterday on my laptop and the weather gadget said "Service not available." I found no useful solutions on Google.
I didn't like Win7 so I put Vista back and the weather gadget shows the same message, so is it a glitch on the weather system?
I Googled this error but nothing useful came back, all they said was check the region settings which are English (United Kingdom). I typed in London and New York but the service was still unavailable.
Further research it if you click on the link Get more gadgets in add gadgets appears M$ have disabled gadgets as they can be a security problem Microsoft Security Advisory: Vulnerabilities in Gadgets could allow remote code execution
I've searched the web for different weather gadgets and I found Weather Vista Gadget 1.1.0.6 I downloaded it and scanned for virus and malware all clear, I added it to the Windows Sidebar folder opened the gadgets and added the new weather. The old weather is there with the same picture so I unistalled that one. The new one works exactly the same as the old one.
All I can think its bad timing as it worked perfectly on Vista I put Win7 in and an hour later it isn't working, I put Vista back and it still doesn't work.
Additional Note:
If anyone uses Vista or Win7 and you want to remove the arrows from the desktop short-cuts let me know?
I don't know if any of you use the sidebar gadgets but this is a useful tip if you do not just for weather but currency is disabled as well.
I installed Win7 yesterday on my laptop and the weather gadget said "Service not available." I found no useful solutions on Google.
I didn't like Win7 so I put Vista back and the weather gadget shows the same message, so is it a glitch on the weather system?
I Googled this error but nothing useful came back, all they said was check the region settings which are English (United Kingdom). I typed in London and New York but the service was still unavailable.
Further research it if you click on the link Get more gadgets in add gadgets appears M$ have disabled gadgets as they can be a security problem Microsoft Security Advisory: Vulnerabilities in Gadgets could allow remote code execution
I've searched the web for different weather gadgets and I found Weather Vista Gadget 1.1.0.6 I downloaded it and scanned for virus and malware all clear, I added it to the Windows Sidebar folder opened the gadgets and added the new weather. The old weather is there with the same picture so I unistalled that one. The new one works exactly the same as the old one.
All I can think its bad timing as it worked perfectly on Vista I put Win7 in and an hour later it isn't working, I put Vista back and it still doesn't work.
Additional Note:
If anyone uses Vista or Win7 and you want to remove the arrows from the desktop short-cuts let me know?
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