Network Connection Was Refused - PLEASE help me this time...

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To be perfectly honest, I'm quite irritated. I want answers. And if there is no answer, I want someone to tell me such. I've posted three times before, twice on someone else's topic, and once on my own. This is my last ditch effort. PLEASE help me. I really enjoy the use of your product, and I don't want to give up on it.
Many people are having issues with their network connection. I know I'm not the only one. Some diagnostics say the connection to iTunes works, but for some reason still won't open the music store. In my case, it says it isn't.
I went to my parents' house this holiday and stole their broadband high speed internet connection, hoping that the new connection might make iTunes work. Nope. So now I'm fresh out of ideas.
Here is the information I posted on an earlier post below. PLEASE help me answer my question. I'm really missing my iTunes. It's been a long time since I've had it, and there are a bunch of songs I plan to download if I am able to get it back. Thank you so much!
I downloaded the newest version of iTunes, without realizing that there were so many problems with it. The installation went off without a hitch, and it was able to open up my library. However, whenever I try to access the music store, the message "iTunes could not connect to the Music Store. The network connection was refused. Make sure your network settings are correct and your network connection is active, then try again" appeared. I tried redownloading it, but that didn't solve the problem. I got frustrated, and finally was able to download 7.01. That didn't work either. So I downloaded the older version that I used to have. The same error message appeared. NOW I'm mad, because I can't even get the older version back. I want my older version back... I never had a problem with your products before, but right now I'm slowly losing faith. PLEASE help me.
I can't run a diagnostics on my network connection anymore, but I had posted my first diagnostics on the old post, referencing back to when I was still trying to fix the newest version. I'll post the diagnostics below the post.
I have a wireless connection, since I live in an apartment complex right now. I didn't have the same connection type when I first downloaded iTunes a year or more ago, but I was able to work iTunes under this connection before I uploaded.
Please help me. I want my music store back.
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Dell Computer Corporation Inspiron 1150
iTunes 7.0.2.16
Current user is an administrator.
Network Adapter Information
Adapter Name: {7BAB081D-F40E-4AF6-97A6-1C8958EEC8C7}
Description: Dell Wireless WLAN 1350 WLAN Mini-PCI Card - Packet Scheduler Miniport
IP Address: 172.17.0.73
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 172.17.0.1
DHCP Enabled: Yes
DHCP Server: 172.17.0.1
Lease Obtained: Wed Nov 08 16:19:50 2006
Lease Expires: Thu Nov 09 04:19:50 2006
DNS Servers: 172.17.0.1
24.196.64.39
24.196.64.40
Network Connection Information
Active Connection: LAN Connection
Connected: Yes
Online: Yes
Using Modem: No
Using LAN: Yes
Using Proxy: No
SSL 3.0 Support: Enabled
TLS 1.0 Support: Disabled
Firewall Information
Windows Firewall is off.
Connection attempt to Apple web site was unsuccessful.
The network connection was refused.
Connection attempt to iTunes Store was unsuccessful.
The network connection was refused.
Secure connection attempt to iTunes Store was unsuccessful.
The network connection was refused.

Answer 1

this is atleast the third theard i have found on this... SOMEONE AT APPLE PLEASE HELP.. I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM!!!