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  1. garbanzo
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    clearing the cache didn't help.

    i've tried a dozen different weather widgets, none work. the sidebar simply isn't connecting, and i cannot figure out why.
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  3. Airbot
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       New #22

    Sounds like some problem with your network connection and not the gadgets.
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  4. Ex_Brit
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    ..or firewall.
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  6. Airbot
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    Just to test, temporarily turn off your firewall and AV completely.
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  7. garbanzo
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    i've done that too - i disabled nod32, restarted, and it still wouldn't connect.

    i would be more inclined to call it a network problem if i were having other problems, but everything else is working fine...
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  8. Airbot
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    What about windows defender too? Kind of sounds like there is an exception in your gadgets establishing a connection from something. Have you checked out something like process explorer or autoruns and see under the tcp/ip tab if it connected.
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  10. garbanzo
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    i thought windows defender was just spyware? i have windows firewall disabled...

    here's what system explorer says:

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  11. Airbot
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    Well, you never know. Sometimes it blocks things.
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  12. Ex_Brit
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    You are using some sort of firewall I hope?
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  13. Ex_Brit
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    Just a minute here...how did you get Windows Defender Software Explorer in Windows 7?

    MSFT wrote it out, or so I thought.
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