iTunes hangs at "Accessing iTunes Store"

I have this same exact problem on multiple Windows 7 machines. I would say %50 of the searches I do in iTunes end with a hang on Accessing iTunes Store.

Too bad, would love to buy music if I could.

I've been having the same issue. Haven't been able to search for months now. Can't believe this is even a problem that came up. Ridiculous.

iTunes 9.0.3.15
Windows 7 (occurs with both x64 AND x86)
Happens on both my netbook (EeePC 1201N) and my Macbook Pro (17" Early 2008)

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Windows 7 Ultimate (all current updates applied),
iTunes 9.0.3.15

I even performed the "repair" option on the installation to no avail.

I'm having the same problem on Vista 32 bit. Every since I upgraded to 9.0.3.15.

Having this problem too with 9.0.3.15 on Win7. It gets stuck "Accessing iTunes Store..." when I attempt a search. The rest of iTunes works, I can browse music etc, but I cannot cancel the "Accessing iTunes Store..." or even close the program -- requires a force quit. I was able to search the store just a few days ago and I don't think iTunes has updated since then.

Problem is fixed for me now. Dunno if it just fixed itself or if Apple did something.

Any answers yet? I've tried a system restore and a re-installation of iTunes. This is very frustrating. Mine doesn't freeze, but I can only load certain pages of the store, like certain apps. The home page refuses to load and just keeps saying, "Accessing iTunes Store." I can only browse certain parts of the store through the "Show Column Browser" option. I had a friend of mine look at it and he thinks the only thing to do is to wait for another update to come out that will (hopefully) fix this problem. I want to make sure apple knows about this!!!!

Let Apple know...

https://bugreport.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/RadarWeb.woa/wa/signIn