title: HttpWebResponse: The operation has timed out
body: <p>Im setting up a project on a new dev machine. (Win7, vs2k12)
  The code works fine on the production machine.
  This code gives me "The operation has timed out".</p>
  
  <pre><code>var request = (HttpWebRequest) System.Net.WebRequest.Create(url);
              request.Timeout = TimeoutMilliSeconds;
              request.Method = "GET";
              request.UserAgent = "X";                
              var response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();                
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The url works fine when I call it from the browser.
  I know which ports are open for incoming traffic.
  Im using IIS express.
  How do I proceed?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks</p>