icloud sync to outlook 2013 errors in setup

I was having some issues with icloud syncing with outlook 2013 on my windows 8 PC, so i uninstalled it and re-installed. Ever since then, i have not been able to even get icloud for windows set up. I keep getting an error in the final stage of the setup after i tick the box on outlook calendar, contacts and tasks in the control panel. The error i get is: "Your setup couldn't be started because the iCloud server stopped responding." When I hit the report button, the following eror comes up in the email: Error: 0x80004005: HTTP Error 503.

have uninstalled, restarted, downloaded a fresh version and re-installed then restarted again but this didn't work.

Any new ideas?

thanks