I have the W7 weather gadget on my desktop, but the temp doesn't seem toupdate very often. If I open the MSN weather page and look at that temp vs. what thegadget shows there isoften quite a difference. I see no way to change therefresh frequency within the gadget.

I see my weather gadget update about every hour or so. There are gadgets available at the Gadget site which might interest you for this matter. They have more control over the options which might interest you over the default Weather Gadget. I have tested several myself and they do work in Windows 7 Beta. ~Alex T.~Windows Desktop Experience MVP~

C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\Gadgets\Weather.gadget\en-US\js\weather.js You'd find interesting stuffs within those 'var' chunks. Remember to grant write permission before saving changes back.