Network connectivity issues with Windows Store

Posted by Duy Tran on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Duy Tran
Published on 2012-11-04T10:41:26Z Indexed on 2012/11/04 11:06 UTC
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I have my Windows 8 Pro build 9200 installed on my Dell laptop. I want to install some new apps and updates from the Store but there might be some network problem that caused the downloading gauge showing up but not really running at all.

I followed some instructions that switched from local user to my Microsoft account, but this "Please wait" screen keeps showing and I don't really know why.

I still have internet access and can use some apps like People, Mail, etc. with my account logged in, I can surf the net using Firefox, Chrome and Internet Explorer.

I did another test using cmd with

ping -t google.com

and it showed that my laptop has internet access.

Anybody knows a solution to make the Store working properly? Or is there any workaround to switch to the Microsoft account instead of a local user account?

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