Can't get a developer license on fresh installed Windows 8 Consumer Preview

Question

Hello,

if I try to register for a developer license, I get this error:

PS C:\Windows\system32> Show-WindowsDeveloperLicenseRegistration
Show-WindowsDeveloperLicenseRegistration : Eine Methode wurde zu einem unerwarteten Zeitpunkt aufgerufen. (Ausnahme
von HRESULT: 0x8000000E)
In Zeile:1 Zeichen:1
+ Show-WindowsDeveloperLicenseRegistration
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Show-WindowsDeveloperLicenseRegistration], COMException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : AcquireDeveloperLicenseException,Microsoft.Windows.DeveloperLicense.Commands.ShowWindows
   DeveloperLicenseRegistrationCommand

This Shows up in Event viewer:

- <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">

- <System>

  <Provider Name="Microsoft-WS-Licensing" Guid="{ED76D77F-7FB5-4EE4-8268-EE46212CB2D3}" />

  <EventID>258</EventID>

  <Version>0</Version>

  <Level>2</Level>

  <Task>0</Task>

  <Opcode>0</Opcode>

  <Keywords>0x2000000000000001</Keywords>

  <TimeCreated SystemTime="2012-03-27T08:16:48.428270500Z" />

  <EventRecordID>47</EventRecordID>

  <Correlation ActivityID="{C1A7259A-0BE9-0000-ED3E-A7C1E90BCD01}" />

  <Execution ProcessID="1008" ThreadID="3956" />

  <Channel>Microsoft-WS-Licensing/Admin</Channel>

  <Computer>WIN8BETAPSC</Computer>

  <Security UserID="S-1-5-21-3162005297-1726444823-2391734317-1001" />

  </System>

- <EventData>

  <Data Name="ErrorString">Eine Methode wurde zu einem unerwarteten
Zeitpunkt aufgerufen.</Data>

  <Data Name="HRESULT">2147483662</Data>

  </EventData>

  </Event>

Answer 1

Hello,

do you get the HRESULT 2147483662 (0x8000000E) everytime you issue a Show-WindowsDeveloperLicenseRegistration cmdlet?  What is the output from if you run the get-windowsdeveloperlicense cmdlet?

I have seen this hresult if we push cancel during login to the live or hotmail account during a run of Show-WindowsDeveloperLicenseRegistration.  I have seen one report with the fiddling of the system clock as well.

much appreciated,

mike

Answer 2

Hello,

the System clock is showing the correct time.

After fiddling with the network settings I now get the following errors.

(My Computer is in a corporate Network using a Proxy. But I even tried to connect it directly to the Internet using a DSL modem and got the same error messages).

Which Network address is it trying to reach?

PS C:\Windows\system32> Show-WindowsDeveloperLicenseRegistration
Show-WindowsDeveloperLicenseRegistration : Die Netzwerkadresse ist nicht erreichbar. Weitere Informationen über die
Behebung von Netzwerkproblemen finden Sie in der Windows-Hilfe. (Ausnahme von HRESULT: 0x800704CF)
In Zeile:1 Zeichen:1
+ Show-WindowsDeveloperLicenseRegistration
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Show-WindowsDeveloperLicenseRegistration], COMException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : AcquireDeveloperLicenseException,Microsoft.Windows.DeveloperLicense.Commands.ShowWindows
   DeveloperLicenseRegistrationCommand

PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-WindowsDeveloperLicense
Get-WindowsDeveloperLicense : There is no developer license on this computer.
In Zeile:1 Zeichen:1
+ Get-WindowsDeveloperLicense
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : Ungültiger Vorgang: (:) [Get-WindowsDeveloperLicense], InvalidOperationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NoRegisteredDeveloperLicense,Microsoft.Windows.DeveloperLicense.Commands.GetWindowsDevel
   operLicenseCommand

Answer 3

After installing two new Windows Updates and trying it again using the DSL modem connection, it suddenly worked!