iTunes 8 Store connection issues

what error message do you get? Are you connected to the internet wirelessly or with a cable? If wirelessly then try using the ethernet cable.

Exact issue here.

I already had 2 iTunes accounts on my system, the bought my son a iTouch yesterday. So, we set up an account for him and update to 8.0 as Apple suggests. Now, none of our 3 accounts can connect to the store...

Same error message you guys are getting. Plus is will say (unknown error 11222)

Me, too. I'm on Windows XP Pro and my wife is on a Mac running OS 10. When I opened iTunes on her computer a message came up asking if I wanted to upgrade to version 8. I declined as I would be out on the street if I screw up my wife's iTunes like I have mine. Anyway, I was able to log on to my account through the Mac. All this tells me, though, is that the Mac and/or the older version of iTunes allows me in while Windows and/or the new version of iTunes won't. Someone on another thread mentioned that Amazon has a very good and easy to use MP3 service which works in some fashion with iTunes. I might check that out if Apple can't find a fix for this pretty quickly. Next thing I will try is removing the iTunes application and see if I can reinstall my previous version. I'll let you know if I have any luck.

Yeah, Amazon is pretty good. They also have sales - some pretty good albums show up for 99 cents. The Amazon DL manager doesn't give me any problems
(Well, neither does iTunes, but for those of you who are blocked from iTunes, it's an option).

im getting this error message......iTunes could not connect to the iTunes store. The network connection timed out. Make sure your network settings are correct and your network connection is active, then try again....it was working fine this morning now nothing. HELP

I have got the exact same problem and have never before had a problem with iTunes 8, it's a very odd occurrence! (also very frustrating!). How one day I can download away to my heart's content and the next day keep getting told my network connection is timing out when I've not updated or changed any software on my computer is beyond me. I'm also not particularly internet/computer clued-up so help would be much appreciated!

i rebooted my computer. then i was able to download stuff from the itunes store.

As an update to my previous post, I uninstalled iTunes 8, and reinstalled iTunes 6.x since I still had an installer for that version (it appears that Apple does not make older versions available for download which it seems would be helpful in situations such as this), but when I attempted to open iTunes, a message came up saying that I needed to reinstall iTunes. I uninstalled iTunes version 6.x and downloaded a fresh copy of the iTunes 8 installer and repeated the installation. Unlike the last time I installed iTunes 8, I can't even get the iTunes interface to open up. Instead I get the same message to reinstall iTunes. In reference to meade's post, I rebooted after each reinstall and it hasn't made any difference for me. I've pretty much had it. Apple has a serious software glitch on their hands and they need to start acting like they're interested in fixing it, or Amazon is going to start getting a flood of new customers.

This is SO frustrating. When will Apple help solve this issue??? V8 has been a disaster. I have no ability to connect to the iTunes store. I purchase $100+ in iTunes every month. I just hope Apple realizes how much money they are losing with this issue. UGH!!!

same deal here - getting the message that my network connection timed out - have tried all of the recommendations, no luck. turned everything off and on, flushed dns. can access itunes on my laptop but not my desktop - which is what i primarily use for itunes. problem started on 10/6.

I'm having the same problem. I kept ignoring the option to update to the latest itunes but all of a sudden I was getting the "Connection attempt to Apple web site was unsuccessful. The network connection timed out." Asking me to check my network connections. I figured this might be because I wasn't using the latest iTunes software. I AM connected to the internet, and I've run the diagnostics test a thousand times and flushed the DNS and rebooted and shut down etc. all at least a dozen times. I've even re-installed itunes a couple of times and double checked my firewall and pop-up settings, but still nothing. I don't know why the **** this all of a sudden stopped working a few days ago, but I'm starting to get really ******. I'm on a wireless connection, but my roommate isn't having ANY problems, she just walked in here to prove her's works just fine.

I'm two seconds from marching down to the itunes store and demanding answers!

Yes I also once I opened Itunes, a pop up claimed a NEWER version was avalable to download and install it. I did no it never connects to the Itunes store, I get this message the error message says :"iTunes could not connect to the iTunes store. The network connection timed out. Make sure your network settings are correct and your network connection is active, then try again."
So Please Apple repair your issues ASAP. I am unable to use my iphone doing my iphone developer things I am working on, BTW thank you for removing the NDA agreement to all us developers, NOW that was a very smart move Steve. thanks col Denis