I found the solution thanks to the adobe support chat.
The problem was on a PC running Windows 7.
The error said something along the lines that it could not reach the Adobe server and the network connection or firewall should be checked.
It had nothing to do with the network, all fine.
The issue apparently comes since Adobe has changed some sequirity requirements and Windows users need to update their TLS.
I was told this was implemented on the 14th July by Adobe.
If you ger this error, simply follow the steps in this link and it will be sorted.
https://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/multi/eol-tls-support.html#sa_src=web-messaging