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If you are in the same situation like I was for a few months now and you get a "Code: 80048823" error when trying to sign in to Games for Windows LIVE on your Windows PC with your correct username and password, this article might contain the solution you are looking for.

If you were wise enough to choose a long (> 10 characters) and cryptic password so script kiddies can't just take over your LIVE account, Microsoft's pathetic fail software which they call the Games for Windows LIVE client simply can't handle your password and will give you meaningless error messages.

Login to your LIVE account through https://login.live.com - which was obviously programmed by people who know a lot more about programming than those who created the Games for Windows LIVE client software - and change your password to something that is no longer than 10 characters.

There you go. That's it. You should be able to login again.

Thanks to Microsoft for creating a software which asks for credit card information but doesn't support secure passwords.

Valve did about 200 times better with their Steam platform and this proves that Internet browsers are not the only type of software that Microsoft fails at.