Q: "Accessing iTunes Store" message stuck...

Thank you!!!! It worked!

This helped! Hey thanks!

The "solution" of authorizing the computer does NOT work for me because this is my SIXTH computer that I use and am only allowed to authorize FIVE. So in other words, I get punished for buying too many computers from Apple?

So...you currently have five total computers authorized that you are actually using? We're talking computers...not devices. And if you authorized a machine that you no longer have or no longer use, you can deauthorize an individual machine still in your possession. Or with a max of five you can deauthorize all and start over.

Yes. I actively use six computers. I also have 2 old ones I don't use any more which I've deauthorized that are waiting to be donated to my local record shop and one old one I'm keeping as a backup if anything happens the one of the others. Unusual, probably. Punishable? I don't think so.

No luck.  I deauthorized the computer from an administrator account, and then reauthorized it, but the non-administrator account still gets hung up.  The only way I can get iTunes to work on that account is by making it an admin account (something I don't want to do).

Hey onestepaway.  That worked.  Thanks a lot

Unauthorizing my computer, closing iTunes, opening it back up, and reauthorizing worked like a charm. Thanks, everyone!

same problem here. So annoying just to browse for songs. I guess it's time to downgrade to the previous version.

Never mind my last comment, the solution that the guy gave worked perfectly. Thanks peter

Authorizing worked for me also. Thanks!  This was getting super annoying!

I had the same problem, and could not try the authorization thing, because the pop-up window never disappeared. I tried to update the software using apple software update, but I got an error message: "The Apple Software update server could not be found. Check your Internet settings and try again."

I searched for a solution for that problem an found this thread: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1706299?start=0&tstart=0

Nestor5's advise worked for me:

"

Can you go to your Internet Explorer Properties and under Connection settings & the LAN setting below- make sure Proxy is OFF.

I unchecked the Proxy (which I have as activated for logging into my office network) and the Apple Software updater started working. Woohoo !

Hope this works for you."

I am running XP.

Hope this helps to you as well.

Hi i Had the same Problem With My itunes version 10.3, Using a Windows PC, Whenever i click on itunes store it always display "accessing the i tunes store" but it never Comes up And I just fixed this Problem ,

So What you need to do is Uninstall the itunes and uninstall the Another Apple Mobile support devices software and another Update software delete all the itunes library (if u want), then restart you PC. Reinstall Itunes Thats it, Your Itune Store is Working Properly Now. (Sorry for my English)

Thanks All

Ve a Great day

That's pretty extreme! If I had to do all that, it would stay  uninstalled.

Thanks onestepaway! This problem has plagued my macbook for a good two months, and today it eventually crashed itunes. It's now fixed, no more copy/pasting artists, albums and song titles! iTunes is useful again. Yay!