and the answer is proxy settings...check in IE and eliminate them. as I use
firefox this made even more sense. hope this helps someone else out, as this
was impossible to find a solution to...until now.

"silent deadly deep" wrote:

> Hey~
> I have made an exception for iTunes in the firewall, I have successfully
> pinged iTunes.
>
> When I try to open iTunes Music Store, I get the message that the network
> connection was refused. check setting, make sure connection is active. I am
> online, so I don't get what the issue is.
>
> Anyone?!?!?!?