Downloading and Installing Mountain Lion on a 2010 Macbook Pro Running OS X 10.6.8

I'm attempting to download mountain lion, but everytime I click the download button, it turns white and the just reverts back to normal. I tried restarting the computer, and I see the dock icon saying it's downloading, but again, nothing in the App Store changes. I've tried deleting the cache for the App Store, I've tried resetting the App Store, I tried creating a VPN network, but nothing worked. I'm out of idea.

You're sure your Mac can run Mountain Lion? >>> System requirements for OS X Mountain Lion
OS X Mountain Lion system requirements
To install Mountain Lion, you need one of these Macs:
iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)
MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)
MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
Xserve (Early 2009)
Your Mac needs:
OS X v10.6.8 or OS X Lion already installed
2 GB or more of memory
8 GB or more of available space
Make sure there's enough available disk space. Right or control click the MacintoshHD icon on your desktop or in the Sidebar of a Finder window then click Get Info. Make sure there's at least 15% free storage space.

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https://discussions.apple.com/community/notebooks/macbook_pro
https://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_os
http://www.apple.com/support/macbookpro
Oh, and try the Safari forum instead.
https://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_os/safari
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App store download problems:
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- In Finder - Go>Go to folder... (or Apple-shift-G)
- Paste in the following "~/Library/Caches/ "
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App Store Error 100
App Store Error 103
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Thanks for the info. I'll have to check this later this evening, since I'm in my office presently.
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Disable anti virus software.
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Downloading and Installing Mountain Lion on a 2010 Macbook Pro Running OS X 10.6.8

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