windows 7 Weather & Currency Gadgets Stopped Working

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Windows 7 64-bit laptop with 2 user accounts.

 

User 1 (admin). Weather gadget works just fine.

 

User 2. Weather & Currency gadgets used to work but have recently stopped, with "can't connect to service" message.

 

Clock gadget continues to work fine on both accounts.

 

I've seen several fixes like deleting the Sidebar "settings.ini" file or running the sfc/scannow utility. Neither have any effect.

I've also tried turning off the Windows feature then re-starting.

I've even tried replacing the files in User 2 Sidebar/Cache directories with the ones from the working User 1, no luck.

 

I've also seen remarks about Microsoft having disabled this feature as a security measure.

However, if that's true then why is the weather gadget still working for user 1, even after remove/re-add/change of location etc. It seems unaffected.

 

It would appear that it's something in User 2 settings (though nothing has been knowingly changed).

 

All regular MS updates installed.

 

Advice please.

 

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