mox90291
That error message about not being connected to the Internet (or maybe the clock not set right) may be the tip off. When I ran into this error message with my Premiere Elements, updating of the Adobe Application Manager was the answer. But, make sure that you have the antivirus and firewall disabled while all this is going on.
http://www.atr935.blogspot.com/2014/04/pe12-sign-in-failure-connect-to.html
Have you tried that possible explanation for what might be needed to get this troubleshooting to target the core of the issue?
More later.
ATR