Hi Nikhar,
Thanks for the response.
I have stopped accessing the game from the MSN Outlook, Office, Skype, etc. home page side bar menu. That access is, evidently, a different portal. Instead, I opened it directly from my pc's start menu which is where I had to create the user account that connects me to the Community. Since doing that I've not had any problems.
Just a note - It would be really fun if statistics could the show the high score for each game instead of just for the grouping the difficulty level. Just a thought.
Thanks again,
Mavis12