If I could throw my 2 cents in, it seems as though is must be a server problem on their end. When I first installed GE yesterday it worked fine until the evening when I got the infamous error 1e and couldn't log in to the server.
Now here is the wierd thing. I downloaded a Dynamic Data file with weather maps from the weather channel. These maps are updating through GE (they update every 5 - 10 minutes) even though GE is not letting me log in! I am looking at the Northeast Weather map right now which updated from 10: 20 to 10:30 AM. Does this make any sense? I want to get GE plus (I travel with a Garmin GPS), but must get this figured out first. Maybe a complete uninstall and reinstall will help.
Thanks, and good luck