Earlier I got this in response to 2+2

I had to terminate it with task manager. Right now I'm trying to access FinancialData. In response to FinancialData["CAT"], the kernel has been running for 15 minutes -- still no response.
I'm on the current 11.1.1.0 and Win 7 x64.
Does anyone have an answer to this?
2+2. I didn't see any message about updating from WR servers. But, I had dynamic updating enabled. It started working again after I disabled dynamic updating. Then, I got an internal self test error (something about the Kernel, don't remember exactly what the code was) when I opened the Documentation Center. Something weird is going on. – david May 14 '17 at 18:15