Well , its doing the Zip Code thing again  , so i am guessing what triggers this is when the PC is restarted  , since it worked perfect until it was restarted  , i just had to re-instal(setup) it again    , and again , this is on a Win XP SP3 PC

EDIT:

I just downloaded the "5 Day Forecast Weather Gadget" , i am hoping this one does not have the same bug  , though i do wish this one was large as the other one  , its pretty small and harder to read   , i might have to try another one since there is no option to change the size  , will keep you informed

Well the F-C Gadget is now doing the Zip Code error !!!

Is there something i am missing ???   , would a Wireless Connection have anything to do with it ?? (signal fading occasionally ??) but then , i cant figure out why every one is giving the same error within a few days of setup , but on my Laptop (also Wireless) has not had any issues at all , so that kind of blows the Wireless theory i guess ! 

All i want is a simple Desktop function so i can see the local weather for the week   , i have the Weather Channel Desktop App , but its huge , so i have to have it minimized if i want to access anything else on my desktop and i cant see my background when its on   , i really like the functionality of these little ones  , but this Zip Code error is driving me nuts  .....it just did it again !.....  , that is 3 times since i started typing this

Any Answers , ideas ,guesses ????

EDIT:

Just something else i noticed  , when the error came up i clicked "Close" on each pop-up (they were stacked over each other) so they were all gone , then when it came up again for the zip (right after i closed the last one), i typed in the zip code because if i just click ok or cancel like i had, it just keeps popping up  , so i added my zip again (all this time it is showing my location , so it recognizes the zip as its showing my city the entire time , but its not remembering again, or so the error says) and after i added my zip the same box came up and i had to enter it again  , then the same again   , basically for every time it popped up with the error i have to enter the zip or it will continue to pop up     , just a added WTF to add to this confusion !

Update: All three gadgets ran overnight and after a reboot this morning,  Cool Weather errored, the other two are still fine.

Strange, I just saw all the above posts...The last 2-3 years I didn't have any problem with the Weather Gadgets  and I never hear any complain about their functionality.

This an Internet connection problem, 99%  , sorry I can't think any other solution for your computer issue.

Update:

Of the 3 I have been testing on XP;

Cool Weather gave the zipcode error several times today.

Weatherlab gave a message on the gadget itself that the "The internet connection is missing" (it isn't) and had to be manually refreshed to reconnect to the server.

July Weather gave no error but at 7:00PM was still showing the temps from this morning. It also needed to be manually refreshed to show current temps.

I'm guessing when they refresh/update themselves that the server(s) don't respond in the same ways they did when the scripts were written.

It isn't any one gadget maker with non-working weather on XP. It appears that previously working gadgets just do not work anymore.

At no time during my tests did I lose my internet connection but obviously, there is some sort of communication breakdown.

Damn shame too, since there are still a lot of XP users out there, and my favorite DX skinner has truckloads of weather gadgets that can't be used on XP any more

For some days now my weather gadgets (testing 3 of them) are working fine at my wife's laptop with XP, no problem at all... it is really strange to read that people have problems with weather gadgets and XP....

Hi Jim,

What you write for your location? London. UK or Paris, France for example or just numbers?

UKXX0929 is a city location for Hastings, United Kingdom

Are you nutz? lol..jk.

Winstep is good, but it ain't DX. But then, I may soon give up DX, since I now skin Winstep.

83672 is good for your city, try Weiser, ID if you want... but I guess this is not the problem.

When you get an error you should accept the code that exist there by default (UKXX0929) and after you can change it back to your city (83672).

I have no idea why this is happening only with Windows XP and not with Vista or Seven... sorry Jim.  

When i leave that # and click OK , it just pops up with the same error again , right away , i have to enter MY Zip in order for it not to continue to pop up

I will try entering my city Weiser, Idaho and see if it still does it  , and check back with results !

OK today is the first it has done it since the 13th  , i was actually typing on another forum(dirtbike forum) when i heard the windows error ding , i finished my post , closed the page and there was the error , i re-entered my city name/state and it came right back up with the error , it did this 3 times within 1 minute  till i entered the Zip Code , then it was fine again  , this is still on the 5 day gadget  , my Laptop has yet to give a error of any kind with the original gadget (III)   , any idea's yet ??

For both my XP rig, and my wife's 7 rig I use Yo Window. It has a lot of good features including a live sky view and a screensaver with weather.

Give it a try. http://yowindow.com/  It's accurate, up to date, easy to set up and fun to use.

(and it remembers where I live)

Hi Jim, it may be a Firewall issue, that doesn't allow weather updates from the internet, exclude this gadget from your XP Firewall, just an idea...