Error Code 0x80240438 when trying to download apps

Anonymous
2014-11-15T19:23:07+00:00

I am receiving the error code 0x80240438 when trying to download apps from the app store.  Any thoughts anyone?

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-11-15T22:17:48+00:00

    I am having the same issue and my laptop is brand new. The store was working this morning, but not this afternoon or this evening. I am in the UK.

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-11-15T22:19:28+00:00

    Same problem here.

    Both with and without VPN, multiple computers... Here's hoping MS get's it fixed up sooner rather than later.

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-11-15T22:28:01+00:00

    Same, on both a desktop that's had Windows 8 since launch and an almost brand-new Surface Pro 3.

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-11-15T22:29:21+00:00

    As if by magic, it is working again for me.

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  5. Anonymous
    2014-11-15T22:39:06+00:00

    As if by magic, it is working again for me. 

    Same here.  Extremely Slow, but it actually installed an app. I did nothing to the machines, just waited for MS to fix their end.

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