Getting Error code 0x80048820 Sorry, we were unable to sign you in to Windows Live ID at this time. Please try again later

Hi. As mentioned before I am running various accounts on 3 PCs. All with the same error message 0x80048820 on the same day and nothing I'd done.

 Above method 1 shows nothing onerous. Tried playing with the Internet explorer settings as suggested to no avail. Thought I'd try updating internet explorer. Microsoft site says I can't as OS is too old and I need to buy a new PC.

 Found a third party site with IE8. Downloaded using trusty FireFox and installed that. It went through a few settings especially about making IE8 default browser. (I had tried that one before but didn't seem to take - thought that odd.) Windows Live Mail Desktop NOW WORKS on said PC with absolutely NO CHANGES to Windows Live Mail Desktop. All hotmail/windows live mail accounts sync'd using HTTP and not gone to POP3.  WooHoo!

Going to try same fix on others. I will keep you posted.

Why does this appear in the server properties?

http://mail.services.live.com/DeltaSync\_v2.0.0/sync.aspx

DeltaSync uses HTTP (the same protocol as the World Wide Web uses) to send and receive messages and contact and calendar data. Other mail services use protocols like POP3, IMAP and SMTP to send and receive messages. Those protocols need to know which mail server they are supposed to be connecting to, usually entered in the form mail.domain.tld. 

DeltaSync knows which URL it has to connect to via HTTP; the URL is only given for your information. You'll probably find that you could change it on the properties sheet to http:// mail.mickey.mouse without this making the slightest difference to your being able to send and receive email.

Has Microsoft/Windows Live changed this or is it malware?

I think it was in 2008 that DeltaSync_v1.0.0 was upgraded to DeltaSync_v2.0.0.

Same error appears if you try to sign in to Windows Live Mail.        

The error message quoted is

Unable to send or receive messages for the Hotmail (rggraham1947) account. Sorry, we were unable to sign you in to Windows Live ID at this time. Please try again later.

Server Error: 0x80048820

Server: 'http://mail.services.live.com/DeltaSync_v2.0.0/Sync.aspx'

Windows Live Mail Error ID: 0x80048820

The program will not report that it is unable to send or receive messages if the fault is a failure to sign in. That's why it's important to find out which process is throwing the error.

Why does this appear in the server properties?

http://mail.services.live.com/DeltaSync\_v2.0.0/sync.aspx

Has Microsoft/Windows Live changed this or is it malware?

regards,

rggraham1947

Method 1: Check the Windows Live Status.

This showed everything running normally.

regards,

rggraham1947

Same error appears if you try to sign in to Windows Live Mail.        

The error message quoted is

Unable to send or receive messages for the Hotmail (rggraham1947) account. Sorry, we were unable to sign you in to Windows Live ID at this time. Please try again later.

Server Error: 0x80048820

Server: 'http://mail.services.live.com/DeltaSync_v2.0.0/Sync.aspx'

Windows Live Mail Error ID: 0x80048820

The program will not report that it is unable to send or receive messages if the fault is a failure to sign in. That's why it's important to find out which process is throwing the error.