CODEWITHSUNDEEP
windows-8visual-studio-2012
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Reputation: 10418

Error in Visual Studio 11: "could not obtain license due to error 80090317"

I have been playing around with Windows 8 Developer Preview and Visual Studio 11 Express, but I am facing an issue that is a bit annoying. Every 1 or 2 days, I get the following error when I open Visual Studio: "could not obtain license due to error 80090317"

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This issue is mentioned here and here, but in both cases it is said that the issue shows up when Windows 8 is installed as an upgrade to Windows 7, which is not my scenario. I did a clean install in an new partition and installed all the updates available. The workaround I have found so far is to put the date of my system a few months in the past, run Visual Studio and acquire a license, then put the current date back. This works for a while until the message shows up again.

Has someone faced this issue?
Has someone a more permanent workaround for this?

A bit more details on my current setup:

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Upvotes: 1

Views: 842

Answers (1)

Peter Ritchie
Peter Ritchie

Reputation: 35881

Do not use the Developer Preview. Download the Windows 8 Consumer Preview and the Visual Studio 11 Beta

Update as for June 15, 2012:
 Download Windows 8 Release Preview and Visual Studio 2012 Release Candidate

Upvotes: 2

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