We weren’t able to connect to the Store – windows 8 – solution

by Uri C · Published October 28, 2012 · Updated October 21, 2017

I’ve upgraded my windows to version 8 and everything went smooth… almost.

when i tried to enter the store i got this error – “We weren’t able to connect to the Store, This might have happened because of a server problem or the network connection timed out. Please wait a few minutes and try again.”
when i tried to enter the mail app it showed me a blank screen with no options.
on every app, when i open the charms bar and tried to add an acount it told me i can’t and one window-update later it didn’t even tell me that. it just showed a blank page.

it took me a few hours at which i tried a few solutions i’ve found on the net.

at the end the problem was the AVG firewall. I’ve disabled it and enabled the windows firewall and everything was fixed.

hope it helps 🙂