Windows 10: ERR_TIMED_OUT when trying to reach www.cloudflare.com

The problem only happens when trying to reach the this one website and only from this device it is not browser dependent it happens on everyone, other devices in the same network dont show any problems when trying to get therealready tried a lot including clearing cache, deleting cookies and history, connecting to other networks...

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cloudflare

Hi Claudia,

Based on the error message that you mentioned, it seems that there's an issue with your Internet connection. For us to determine the appropriate advice to your concern, we would like to gather more details. As such, please provide the answers to the following
questions:

• What do you exactly mean by the title of your post "cloudflare"?
• On what specific program are you encountering the pop up message?
• Have you tried to use other browsers and check if you're experiencing the same issue?
• Are you connected to a domain or server?
• What troubleshooting steps have you tried so far?

We'll keep an eye out for your response.

 

W10P cannot reachs many sites for the last 2 weeks

Good Morning.

I own a Lenovo E540 laptop with the following configuration:

Intel(R) Core(TM) I7-4702MQ CPU @2.20 GHz 2.19 GHz

RAM: 8.00 GB

System type: 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

Windows 10 Pro version 1909 Installed 30/12/2019 OS Build 18363.752

It has a legit W10P coming from a legit W7P, the upgrade happened in Dec 2019. It has a 1 Tb HDD and 16 Gb SDD.

At the beginning it was slow but then it started to work in a decent mode. But I noticed it was and is not using the SSD as a cache, it was/is not using it at all. W7P was using the SSD as cache (I cannot compare W10P vs W7P, it would be an insult
for W7P).

But since the previous week (20-27 March) there were some updates and suddenly I have huge issues with connectivity. The sites you see below are not reachable but others are reachable. Even Microsoft.com has issues, it must be refreshed 4-5 time to
reach it. If I shutdown and start the PC it works (reaches any site) for a couple of minutes then it starts again to fail reaching sites. There are sites I can reach.

Norton, Defender, AVAST, Malwarebytes cannot find any issue.

I f I use an Android phone with the same WI-FI SSID everything is OK.

At the same time Microsoft Edge is inert, doesn’t accept any address/command.

Is anybody able to elaborate on these issues and let us know how to fix them ?

Thank You.

*** Email address is removed for privacy ***

This site can’t be reached

www.cnn.com unexpectedly closed the connection.

Try:

• Checking the connection
• Checking the proxy and the firewall
• Running Windows Network Diagnostics

ERR_CONNECTION_CLOSED



This site can’t be reached

www.yahoo.com unexpectedly closed the connection.

Try:

• Checking the connection
• Checking the proxy and the firewall
• Running Windows Network Diagnostics

ERR_CONNECTION_CLOSED



This site can’t be reached

www.hsbc.ca took too long to respond.

Try:

• Checking the connection
• Checking the proxy and the firewall
• Running Windows Network Diagnostics

ERR_TIMED_OUT



This site can’t be reached

login.live.com took too long to respond.

Try:

• Checking the connection
• Checking the proxy and the firewall
• Running Windows Network Diagnostics

ERR_TIMED_OUT



This site can’t be reached

www.zerohedge.com took too long to respond.

Try:

• Checking the connection
• Checking the proxy and the firewall
• Running Windows Network Diagnostics

ERR_TIMED_OUT



This site can’t be reached

bbc.com took too long to respond.

Try:

• Checking the connection
• Checking the proxy and the firewall
• Running Windows Network Diagnostics

ERR_TIMED_OUT



This site can’t be reached

login.live.com took too long to respond.

Try:

• Checking the connection
• Checking the proxy and the firewall
• Running Windows Network Diagnostics

ERR_TIMED_OUT



This site can’t be reached

outlook.live.com took too long to respond.

Try:

• Checking the connection
• Checking the proxy and the firewall
• Running Windows Network Diagnostics

ERR_TIMED_OUT



This site can’t be reached

www.valutare.ro unexpectedly closed the connection.

Try:

• Checking the connection
• Checking the proxy and the firewall
• Running Windows Network Diagnostics

ERR_CONNECTION_CLOSED

 

HOW DO I UNSUBSCRIBE FROM CLOUDFLARE

You can right-click the Windows button > Apps & Features to open a list of all the apps installed to your PC and look for "Cloudflare". It's usually arranged alphabetically. Everything listed there is installed to your computer. You can then click the
app you need to remove and click the "Uninstall" button. I'm pretty sure you won't find it listed because it's not installed to the computer.

As mentioned in the post above, Cloudflare is used by website administrators/managers to help keep their websites running and is in no way can be installed to or used by Windows to block you and other users to access the website. Even if you reset your computer
clean or reinstall Windows, if the website you're trying to view is using Cloudflare, it will always display when certain conditions are met.

I recommend getting in touch with the website's administrator about your concern, as only they can control what can be shown on the website and how to properly access it as an end user.