Timing Out

[DrByte]

The site loads for me fine too, without errors.

I wouldn't think that the character set would cause any sort of timeout.

A timeout suggests that you've got something blocking access to it from your PC. Perhaps a firewall software app gone bad?

[autoace]

The site loads for me fine too, without errors.

I wouldn't think that the character set would cause any sort of timeout.

A timeout suggests that you've got something blocking access to it from your PC. Perhaps a firewall software app gone bad?

thanks DrByte, I'll check into that.

[autoace]

But it should be Western (ISO-8859-1) instead of Unicode (UTF-8) right?

[DrByte]

Zen Cart v1.x, out-of-the-box, using the default english language files, has the CHARSET set to iso-8859-1
Why yours is showing otherwise is unknown at this point

[autoace]

Zen Cart v1.x, out-of-the-box, using the default english language files, has the CHARSET set to iso-8859-1
Why yours is showing otherwise is unknown at this point

The only firewall I have running is the standard one that comes with Windows XP. And I haven't changed any settings on that. I have Windows Defender on and I have AVG on. AVG was actually installed on Sat night and this started happening Fri evening - so I don't think its the AVG software.

How does one change the CHARSET? Is it a browser setting or a machine setting?

[DrByte]

searching for "charset" in the FAQ area brings up a couple articles. Here's one: https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=26

[autoace]

searching for "charset" in the FAQ area brings up a couple articles. Here's one: https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=26

I have the correct setting according to the article. I guess the only other thing to do is restore my machine to a point where I knew the site was coming up - would that be your recommendation?

[DrByte]

I honestly have no idea what's causing it to not work on just your computer.
In my opinion what you're suggesting is an extremely drastic move.

[autoace]

I went to proceed with a System Restore and went to a point on Fri when I knew I could access my site and I saw that the 'restore point' was labeled 'Software Distribution Service 3.0'

Being that Windows Update did run and install updates Fri morning, I googled it and clicked on a results that was similar to my issue, 'Software Distribution Service 3.0, can not connect to the internet'. I read all the posts and they were generally the same. People could not load pages or connect to the internet.

I have a meeting to go to now but I am going to research further into this and hopefully be able to report back with good news (i.e. the solution).

Thanks for your help.

[autoace]

I honestly have no idea what's causing it to not work on just your computer.
In my opinion what you're suggesting is an extremely drastic move.

I know, neither do I

I'm out of ideas, and I honestly do not know how else to troubleshoot it. If you have any other ideas on how to diagnose please let me know.

I will probably proceed with the System Restore tomorrow. Right now I'm late for a meeting!!!