Widgets not working/updating - grey mostly sunny icon

Tyson67Roberts · Aug 24, 2022

Hi. I'm new on Windows 11 Forum. I've been using Windows 11 Home on my main PC for 2-3 weeks and 2 days ago my widgets on the bottom left corner stopped working and won't update, leaving a grey mostly sunny icon. My Web Experience Pack is fully updated. Most of the time, my internet's not bad. The only solution I found is restarting the computer and I'm not waiting 15 minutes for my computer to start again since I have it installed on an HDD drive. It happens every 9-15 hours. Can you please help find another solution to get the widgets updating?

Berton · Aug 24, 2022

Mine is similar but when clicking on it says to sign in, this Notebook is a Local Account only. It came back from warranty repair with the original Win10 Pro and after setup and the updates it got Upgraded to Win11 Pro.

Tyson67Roberts · Aug 24, 2022

I have a Microsoft account logged in to widgets and plus, it's working right now.

Berton · Aug 24, 2022

The temperature just came back on mine but the Widgets still require a sign-in.

Josey Wales · Aug 29, 2022

Tyson67Roberts said:
I have a Microsoft account logged in to widgets and plus, it's working right now.View attachment 37343

Mine was working till sometime today? Nothing changed.

sdowney717 · Sep 3, 2022

Same here, it is busted. used to show temp. Like right now it is clear skies, yet icon widget shows grey cloud. Been busted for about a week or more.

Berton · Sep 3, 2022

Apparently there was an issue but seems okay now, it wasn't showing the mouse-over text of the titles.

sdowney717 · Sep 6, 2022

Yes, I see they fixed it again.
shows temps and description like it should
I think fixes take time to roll out to everyone, as do breakages, which is why not everyone experiences the same things at the same time.

Wynona · Sep 6, 2022

Tyson67Roberts said:
Hi. I'm new on Windows 11 Forum. I've been using Windows 11 Home on my main PC for 2-3 weeks and 2 days ago my widgets on the bottom left corner stopped working and won't update, leaving a grey mostly sunny icon. My Web Experience Pack is fully updated. Most of the time, my internet's not bad. The only solution I found is restarting the computer and I'm not waiting 15 minutes for my computer to start again since I have it installed on an HDD drive. It happens every 9-15 hours. Can you please help find another solution to get the widgets updating?
View attachment 37341

My widgets are not working either. I just get A gray page.

Berton · Sep 6, 2022

Wynona said:
My widgets are not working either. I just get A gray page.

That was what I got with a Local Account but also when hovering or clicking on it wanted a sign-in, did that and got the full view.

Wynona · Sep 6, 2022

Berton said:
That was what I got with a Local Account but also when hovering or clicking on it wanted a sign-in, did that and got the full view.

I have a Microsoft account.

Wynona · Sep 6, 2022

My widgets just sort of kind of maybe starting working. I now see the stories, but when I click, no story appears.

Wynona · Sep 6, 2022

I don't know what's going on, but too many things that were working have stopped working. Voice typing still does not work on Windows 11 RTM.

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sdowney717 · Sep 6, 2022

My weather widget is again grey and dead, after working for less than 24 hours

sdowney717 · Sep 7, 2022

This am it is working again, shows temp.
I do nothing, it does everything.

I was just watching it, it turned grey again, then in a few seconds displayed temp and false weather data, rain. Now it updated again, shows temp and mostly sunny.

For my PC, I think wherever it gets weather data from, it stops getting it sometimes. So grey icon with no info is just the blank no data state.

Wynona · Sep 7, 2022

I'm on 22622.290 and Widgets news stories still don't show up when clicked.

Lesoudeur · Sep 18, 2022

I use the window in the kitchen rather than windows 11 to check the weather.

Lesoudeur · Dec 19, 2023

I use Kitchen Windows Pro for weather.

Berton · Dec 19, 2023

I rely upon the "official" weather, had to work in interact with NOAA/NWS for my whole career of over 30 years on an hourly basis every workday so I visit their site to get the forecasts.

As for the widgets, it does take a bit of time to refresh after connecting to the Internet. It's easy to forget the routing of send and receive takes to get any information in the days of instant gratification.