amtino
hasn't this issue been discussed on the Windows Eight Forum back in 2014? I thought the all the expert forum members over there found several remedies that were "suppose to work".
You are correct this was a Microsoft issue in September 2014 and there was a relevant post on the Windows Eight Forum: We did find a temporary fix. One of the members was successful in contacting Microsoft in Redmond and he managed to get them to repair the link. We therefore all reverted our registry keys back to the correct url:
Unfortunately this error raised its head once again on 6th May at approximately 9.30 am UK time.
I have escalated this issue to Microsoft but so far it has not been fixed.
You will find all the reports since 6th May in the link to the Windows Forum here:
Hope this clarifies the situation: In a nutshell the forwarding url on their system is once again corrupt in some way. The fixes in the forum are work a rounds and merely temporary fixes.