Thnx Jeb...yeah im already on to changing DNS. This problem seems similar to whats been happening to a few other people posting on ET Re not getting a few symbols to update in TWS when most others have no problem.
Why would SC's site being down be a showstopper as you seem to be implying? your software only has to call home once a month..
It calls home a lot more often than once a month. At least several times a day I see it open a port 80 connection to sierrachart.com. I think it just does this to enforce the number of computers it can run on simultaneously.
If you use SC,get a freeware TCP monitor and watch as you start up SC. No connection to their server, then no start SC.