Meteo gadget not connect

In message , Gene E. Bloch
writes:
On Thu, 12 Feb 2015 21:19:46 +0000, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
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Hm! It's

C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming

. So it seems, although I've set up a user called "me", I'm actually
using one called "User"!

On investigating, I discovered that "User" did have the ......Cache
folder, but there was nothing in it. So I copied the 17-line Config.XML
file I'd created (under "me".....Cache), turned off the weather gadget,
turned it back on, and - it worked!

Silly me.
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That's OK, even if you could remember, I almost certainly wouldn't
understand how you became User :-)

Although I think that's the default username. Have you looked to see if
there is a 'me' that you inadvertently never logged in to?

Click on the icon at the top of the right panel in the start menu, then

I never knew that icon did that! Anyway, I now have the ...User Accounts
window open, and it's showing just the one user, called User, with the
same icon as that one ("acer" going diagonally).

[Yes, I know the theoretical dangers of only having one account. I'll
live with them.]

on 'Manage another account', to see which accounts are present. But then
exit without making any changes (at least that's what I try to do).

I clicked the close button.

Weather gadget now still working - though it does have the word
"Forecasted", as mentioned in FredW's post below, and a _range_ of
temperatures (9 - 3, which seems an odd way round - maybe it's today's
peak and tonight's lowest).
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In message , FredW
writes:
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This morning (my time) the weather gadget gave "Forecasted"
(= forecast from one day ago) suggesting the gadget lost contact again.

So I deleted the gadget and changed the settings in Config.xml back
(45 to 60, 15 to 30, 10 to 15, 15 to 30).
After reinstalling the Weather gadget resumed working (current weather).

I will keep both sets of Config.xml.

Same here. Defaulting to London, UK, which is reasonable for me.
(Probably the default; I see the "find location automatically" is greyed
out, probably because my ISP doesn't provide the information.)

I wondered if, now it is connected again, I could access the location
database, so I entered charing, and was surprised to see four Charings
offered, including "Charing, Kent, England, United Kingdom (close",
which surprised me, as it's only a village! I selected it, but the
gadget now shows "Kennington, GBR".

Ah - maybe that "(close" actually said "(closest location)" or something
like that; the find results box has no horizontal scroll bar!

So I try ashford, which is a nearby town: it offers

Ashford, England, United Kingdom
Ashford, England, United Kingdom
Ashford in the Water, Derbyshire, England, Uni

(yes, the first one twice). So I select the first one, and it accepts
it, and the gadget shows Ashford, GBR, 10 degrees; I try the second one,
and it shows Ashford, GBR, 8 degrees! (Repeatable. By trying Maidstone,
the nearest town in the other direction, which also shows 8 degrees,
I've selected that one.)
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On Sun, 15 Feb 2015 12:39:16 +0000, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

Although I think that's the default username. Have you looked to see if
there is a 'me' that you inadvertently never logged in to?

Click on the icon at the top of the right panel in the start menu, then

I never knew that icon did that! Anyway, I now have the ...User Accounts
window open, and it's showing just the one user, called User, with the
same icon as that one ("acer" going diagonally).

The accidental existence of two users was my only idea for a cause. It
was a great idea with only one minor flaw.

It was wrong.

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Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

In article , not-
lid says...

On Sun, 15 Feb 2015 12:39:16 +0000, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

Although I think that's the default username. Have you looked to see if
there is a 'me' that you inadvertently never logged in to?

Click on the icon at the top of the right panel in the start menu, then

I never knew that icon did that! Anyway, I now have the ...User Accounts
window open, and it's showing just the one user, called User, with the
same icon as that one ("acer" going diagonally).

The accidental existence of two users was my only idea for a cause. It
was a great idea with only one minor flaw.

It was wrong.

Well editing that config.xml file got it working again for a few days
but now it has again stopped. I read that changing values back and it
starts working again but I can't be bothered to confirm that as it
implies one will have to again and again and ...

Just switched to Weather Networks gadget gives more than enough info and
works.

On Sun, 15 Feb 2015 22:21:24 -0400, pjp wrote:

In article , not-
lid says...

On Sun, 15 Feb 2015 12:39:16 +0000, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

Although I think that's the default username. Have you looked to see if
there is a 'me' that you inadvertently never logged in to?

Click on the icon at the top of the right panel in the start menu, then

I never knew that icon did that! Anyway, I now have the ...User Accounts
window open, and it's showing just the one user, called User, with the
same icon as that one ("acer" going diagonally).

The accidental existence of two users was my only idea for a cause. It
was a great idea with only one minor flaw.

It was wrong.

Well editing that config.xml file got it working again for a few days
but now it has again stopped. I read that changing values back and it
starts working again but I can't be bothered to confirm that as it
implies one will have to again and again and ...

Just switched to Weather Networks gadget gives more than enough info and
works.

Yeah, better to just go with something that actually *works* :-)

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

On 15 Feb 2015, pjp wrote in
alt.windows7.general:

Well editing that config.xml file got it working again for a few
days but now it has again stopped. I read that changing values
back and it starts working again but I can't be bothered to
confirm that as it implies one will have to again and again and
...

Just switched to Weather Networks gadget gives more than enough
info and works.

Mine is still working on two computers (knocking on wood...)

On Wed, 11 Feb 2015 07:26:37 +0000 (GMT), Rodney Pont wrote:

It's not that, I tried changing just the services refresh line and
saving it and that made no difference. Doing all 4 changes on both of
my systems made them work. The location defaulted to London but it did
allow me to change to my location in North Yorkshire and they are now
both running perfectly.

Mine just came up with can't connect again and this time I went into
Config.XML file and changed the values to 120, 150, 100 and 150 and it
started working again after restarting it.

C:\Users\your name\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows
Live\Services\Cache

Change the lines at the top with:

services refresh="60"change from 60 to 45
service name="weather"
operation interval="30"/change from 30 to 15

and also the lines at the bottom with:

service name="stocks"
operation interval="15"/change from 15 to 10
/service
service name="currency"
operation interval="30"/ change from 30 to 15

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On 18 Feb 2015, "Rodney Pont" wrote in
alt.windows7.general:

Mine just came up with can't connect again and this time I went
into Config.XML file and changed the values to 120, 150, 100 and
150 and it started working again after restarting it.

Mine stopped working this morning, too.

Maybe the key really is just to do an edit of one kind or another.
Maybe the timestamp change makes it work. If so, a simple batch file
could be made to kickstart it into action every so often.

In article , rednoise9
@REMOVETHIScomcast.net says...

On 18 Feb 2015, "Rodney Pont" wrote in
alt.windows7.general:

Mine just came up with can't connect again and this time I went
into Config.XML file and changed the values to 120, 150, 100 and
150 and it started working again after restarting it.

Mine stopped working this morning, too.

Maybe the key really is just to do an edit of one kind or another.
Maybe the timestamp change makes it work. If so, a simple batch file
could be made to kickstart it into action every so often.

Problem is - no one seems to have any idea why it even happening ... ???

On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 14:23:25 -0500, Nil wrote:

Mine just came up with can't connect again and this time I went
into Config.XML file and changed the values to 120, 150, 100 and
150 and it started working again after restarting it.

Mine stopped working this morning, too.

Maybe the key really is just to do an edit of one kind or another.
Maybe the timestamp change makes it work. If so, a simple batch file
could be made to kickstart it into action every so often.

It's not a simple timestamp. I changed just the first line initially
and saved it and that made no change. Next time it happens I'll try to
remember to change one line at a time (I forgot I was going to it this
time), top to bottom, and then the next time bottom to top and see if
it's looking at a specific entry.

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and built in 5 years;
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I try to change the values as from origin, and now all works... I don't know
up to when however'....