Secure Link to Itunes Store failed

I'm writing not because of the question, but because I found the answer to this annoying issue.

Repair iTunes, Repair Bonjour, ipconfig release / renew, and reset the winsock catalog.

Start with the renew/release and winsock catalog, reboot. Repair iTunes and Bonjour, do another renew/release / catalog reset, reboot. Try your connection. If you still cannot connect to the apple server, and it is not down--keep resetting the winsock catalog. I had to do it four times, and then it connected.

Excellent instructions in this dead link, just copy/paste it to visit the source.

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