msxml3.dll error '80072ee2' in ASP Page

We have just moved to a new dedicated server that has Windows 2008 and SQL Server 2008. I am trying to access an ASP page on the same server using Server.CreateObject("MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP").

On our previous 2003 server this worked correctly, however with the new 2008 server the operation just times out.

Here is the code:

strURL = "http://www.storeboard.com/profile/profile_view.asp?MemberID=" & MemberID & "&sid=" & cSession.SessionID
Set oXMLHttp = Server.CreateObject("MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP")
oXMLHttp.open "GET", strURL, false
oXMLHttp.send()
IF oXMLHttp.status = 200 THEN 
  strOut = oXMLHttp.responseText
ELSE
  strOut  = "Could not get XML data."
END IF
Set oXMLHttp = nothing

The code is very simple but I get the following error:

msxml3.dll error '80072ee2'

The operation timed out

/handle404.asp, line 291 

Line 291 refers to oXMLHttp.Send() line.

Is there an alternative code I can use? I use the script other places on the server that access files on other servers and they work correctly, but any access to files on our server doesn't work.

Is there an alternative method that will allow me to keep the URL intact in the browser? The person could write the URL in their browser: http://www.example.com/hello the file doesn't exist but I have a 404 handler that then points the user to the correct path without changing the browser URL which is essential for our SEO ratings.