If the Windows Vista sidebar weather fails and the solution

Chinese version of the Vista system "weather" gadgets are not available, the reason has been confirmed not because of the system language, but because of the locale.
1, open the Control Panel > Clock, Language and Regions > Regional and Language Options
Set the "current format" to "English (United States)" and then go to " Location "Set "Current Location" to "United States"
Go to "Manage", click "Change System Locale", set to "English(US)"
After restarting the computer, the "weather” gadget is ready to use.
2. Click the Settings button in the upper right corner of the Weather Widget and enter the name of the city you are looking for in English or Pinyin in the "Current Location" text box. For example, Beijing can enter "beijing" or " Peking", Urumqi can enter "wulumuqi" or "urumqi", press Enter to find the city you want.
3. Note: After setting the area to the US, the system number/currency/time/date will be displayed in English, and non-Unicode programs (QQ, etc.) will not be able to display Chinese characters.
You can click "Customize this format" in the regional and language options to reset the number/currency/time/date according to Chinese habits.