Weather widget replacement for Windows 7

I work as an IT for a small business. And I believe that Microsoft once again has removed one more of their products that was sold to us. I keep getting tech support calls about weather widget not working on Windows 7 desktops installed in our offices. I
need to replace this:
with something that actually shows a weather forecast and runs on a Windows 7 desktop.
Any ideas?

Ok,
There is a serious issue with the Widgets platform, that has been clearly stated before.  If you are not technically oriented, maybe you should use any of the other alternatives on the replies for your question (except the answer to look out the
window which is between silly and idiotic, plus mean.
Now, if you *do* want to fix the widget. The solution is somewhere else and is basically to "touch" a configuration file and restarting the widget.  The solution is temporary so a [hopefully] definitive solution is exposed on the thread and
is basically locking down the file after "touching" it, with a date in the future.
The solution is
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-desktop/weather-gadget-not-working-cannot-connect-to/6707d8b4-1a37-4412-a609-5677c9b99a7a?page=27&tab=question&status=AllReplies%2CAllReplies
As to why someone would want to run such an outdated and unsafe piece of software?   Simple: Some people do not mind, and in fact are willing to take responsibility (to him/herself) if somehting bad happens to the system, plus this particular
widget is simple, unobtrusive, light (doesn't slow anything down), not spammy and is "always there" to glance at instead of going to a website as someone suggested.   It reminds me in fact of the beautiful Windows 8 Weather app.  
So, some people may still want to run this widget. Above is the solution to this pestering issue.
Since you are the IT for other people, not for yourself, I do recommend to use an alternate product.

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