I followed the above to the letter - still no joy.
I wonder if my ports need amending on router or kaspersky could be blocking it?
Your firewall is probably blocking your connection. Half of my coins' wallets need firewall exceptions, it is quite common in crypto; should be one of the first places you look when having connection problems.
Paused Kasperky, restarted and it is now sychronizing - hope this helps all.