When trying to redeem an xbox 360 live code you recieve ‘Xbox Live 80169d94 Status code’.

The only fix for this is to ring Microsoft Xbox Support and ask to speak to the xbox live billing department. The error is caused by suspected fraud on the account or from you trying to update your billing details and failing a number of times.

Some users have noted that the error occurred after settling bills on various online shops and online poker rooms but there’s no concrete word from MS about this.

You will need to ask for second tier support who should then arrange to call you back within 72 hours.

Alternatively you would need to create a new xbox live account.

When trying to login to steam you get “Could not connect to Steam Network” and when you enter your password you get the same.

First check your Internet connection and Firewall settings, if you are still getting this problem navigate to your steam folder (c:\program files\valve\steam) and delete clientregistry.blob.

Restart Steam and see if it logs in. If not delete AppUpdateStats.blob, this should force steam to check for updates and look for a connection.

If you access your gmail through imap and try to setup a mobile phone (such as the iPhone) you may get the error:

“Your IMAP server wishes to alert you to the following: Invalid credentials (Failure)”

To fix this you need to bypass the Google CAPTCHA using the following address

https://www.google.com/accounts/DisplayUnlockCaptcha

Once you have logged in here your imap connection should work.

Note: For Google Apps users visit https://www.google.com/a/yourdomain.com/UnlockCaptcha instead (with yourdomain.com being your Google Apps domain.)

Remember to use imap with Google mail you need to use SSL with port 993