iTunes store won't connect

[valver lad]

Keep getting the popup saying 'iTunes could not connect to the iTunes store. The connection was reset'

I was connecting perfectly fine yesterday, i've changed nothing but as of today i can't get a thing! I've checked my proxys in firefox (not running any), turned my firewall off and also checked my parental controls inside iTunes, I've upgraded to the newest edition 9.2.1.4 but its still the same

I've noticed it isn't saving my login details though, but even when i put them in manually it still doesn't connect. I've even done a system restore to yesterday (when i could log in) and also tried reinstaling but to no avail.

Help please..

 

[BS3CLIO]

Windows or Mac?

 

[valver lad]

Sorry forgot to mention, running Windows Vista.

 

[BS3CLIO]

Well, that's your first problem lol! No, I'm an Apple Engineer and iTunes have been having issues with user authentication for last 36 hours. Give it another day or so and see if you were just an affected user!

 

[valver lad]

Cheers, seems im not the only one having problems. I'm on Talktalk and a lot of people seem to be not able to connect with them..? I still can't access the itunes store today

 

[BS3CLIO]

Well update from Apple side of things, iTunes was fully back online as of 08:00 this morn. So if you're still having problems, it will be with your provider (TalkTalk).

 

[valver lad]

Hmmm, rang talktalk earlier and they didn't have a clue. Seem's like a few people are having the same problem:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2516160&start=0&tstart=0

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2375986&start=0&tstart=0