“We can’t connect to Hotmail right now. Please try again later.”

I have a new desktop running on Windows 8 and IE 10. I can access my Hotmail Inbox but once I'm in there, there's a yellow bar at the top with the message "We can't connect to Hotmail right now. Please try again later." So I'm unable to open my emails. When I access my Hotmail with Google Chrome, there's no such problem and I can read my emails. HOWEVER, with Google Chrome, I can't send emails! When I try to compose a new email, I can type in the address and subject lines, but when I try to type in the text of my email, the cursor disappears and I am unable to type anything. This is weird, can anyone enlighten me? Most appreciated.