ICloud and passwords

Since I updated to OSX 10.8.2 my password is not being recognised by icloud. Yes I have tried changing it.
I cannot log in through system preferences or mail. I can access email through the icloud website but this is slow and tedious. Apple support are really very polite and nice and have 'escalated my problem' but that was 6 weeks ago. I am getting fed up waiting for someone to fix it. Anyone out there experiencing the same problem? Better still does anyone have any ideas on how I can fix it?

Popcornade
I made a lot of noise - it took a long time for the 'engineers' to figure our the problem eventually 'Steve' a senior from Apple support called back talked me through a fix. I was still within my 90 days support on my lap top cannot remember what I did but it worked.
Good luck

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