Can't access iTunes, but there's no reason for it

Hello,
I've been having trouble with the iTunes store for a few weeks now. I gave the problem time to "fix itself" in case it was caused by maintenance to the store, but I'm pretty sure that "maintenance" would not last this long, so I've decided to ask other iTunes users about it.
It seems that accessing the store is a common issue, so I followed all of the recommended steps to make sure that everything was in order before posting this. I ran diagnostics in iTunes and was told that a secure connection was established to the store and there were no other connection issues. I checked to see if the iTunes and iTunesHelper processes were allowed on my computer, and they were. None of my anti-virus or anti-spyware programs (avast!, Ad-Aware and SpyBot: Search and Destroy) are blocking iTunes. My computer is authorized to access the store, and I have the latest version of iTunes. In other words, nothing should be causing iTunes service to shift in and out on my computer (I can occasionally access the store, but most of the time I do not even get a proper "loading" bar - just the striped bar that reads "Accessing iTunes Store"). The strangest part is that the store worked perfectly on my computer until a few weeks ago.
If I have done all of this and can still not access the store properly, there must be something that I'm missing, so I would really appreciate it if anyone has any suggestions as to how I can get this problem fixed and keep enjoying iTunes.
(If it is of interest, I do not have administrator rights on my computer.)
Thank you!

I have been having the same problem for the past few weeks as well. I can usually get to the main itunes page but then it gets stuck and eventually times out trying to get to other parts of the site.

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