ASP.NET XML Parsing Error: no element found Line Number 1, Column 1 Error

Question

Hey I found a weird temperamental page which randomly gives me the following error

XML Parsing Error: no element found
Location: http://kj2011/site_2011/nonprofit-data         


        

Answer 1

Just to cover all the possibilities. Today I got the same error, no matter the page I was trying to access, but it was a completelly unrelated issue.

For some reason, Skype loaded before IIS on Windows startup and took control of port 80, instead of the usual 17112. Whenever I tried to access a page Skype returned an empty response.

You can simply shut down Skype and reset IIS, but to make sure it never happens again do the following:

Go to:

Skype > Tools > Options > Advanced > Connection

And uncheck Use port 80 and 443 as alternative for incomming connections