Ugh: "iTunes could not connect to the iTunes Music Store"

G5, OSX 10.4.10, iPod 5G 1.2.1, iTunes 7.3.1.
Actually I have not been able to access the music store for over a year. It stopped working after an iTunes upgrade I do not recall. 2G finally died and I just bought a new 5G.
I can enter the music store and preview songs, but I cannot "add song" or access my account.
I logged out and re-started iTunes, now I cannot log in and I cannot even "create a new account". Always same error.
I have trashed and re-downloaded and re-installed iTunes a couple times same results. Keychain First Aid did not find any problems. I run Cocktail 3.8.1 a couple times/week (defaults). I have few fonts and none of them appear bad. I do not have any web accelerators.
Any other ideas? This is bumming me out.

Howdy jjlearnt,
It sounds like you're getting an error anytime you try to get to the iTunes Store in the iTunes application. I can see how that would be frustrating. Take a look at this article which mentions the error number you are getting:
Apple software on Windows: May see performance issues and blank iTunes Store
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Take care,
Sterling

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