Skydrive sign in problem after changing microsoft account

I signed in to skydrive successfully on my new windows 8 desktop but erroneously closed the microsoft account and so had to set up a new one.  When i now try to log in to Skydrive it persistently displays my old e-mail address and won't recognise the new account details.  If I try to follow the instruction to sign in with a new e-mail address I get the message "There was a problem with signing you in".  This is despite the new microsoft account working perfectly well for everything else and indeed it allowed me to open a skydrive account on a new tablet without any problems.  How can a resolve this please and am I just doing something wrong?