Developer License Issue. VS 2012

Question

I installed

 Windows 8 professional then  VS 2012 Express.

 When i am trying to create metro style apps it giving popup for Developer License (Get a developer license for Windows 8). when i  press 'I agree' button. it  gives error "We could not get your developer license for Windows 8 with error code 0x80004005"

Suggest me possible solutions for the problem.

Answer 1

First solution:  post in the proper forum.  This is a tools question.  I'm moving it there.

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Answer 2

Hi,

Here are two methods you could have a try:

1.Open Internet Explorer on the desktop, select Tools -> Internet Options -> Connections, then chose "LAN settings", then unselect "Use a proxy server for your LAN".  

2.Check the default settings of your firewall and allow VS to get the developer license.

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Answer 3

First check your internet connection, u need internet connection to acquire license.

If this doesnt work, check my second reply

Answer 4

First u have to create a microsoft account and then try it.

Create your microsoft account from here 

https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?wa=wsignin1.0&rpsnv=11&ct=1367898316&rver=6.2.6289.0&wp=MBI_SSL&wreply=https%3a%2f%2fappdev.microsoft.com%2fstoreportals%2fen-us&id=278678&bk=1367898319&uiflavor=web&mkt=EN-US&lc=1033&lic=1

Then click on the settings in the charm bar, in that click "change PC settings", from there select "users" on the left panel, u will see something like "switch to microsoft account" .

After switching to msoft account u try .

if u have any doubts reg basic app development tutorials, you can refer from here

http://www.tipsonwin8appdev.blogspot.in/

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pradeep aj

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Answer 5

thanks this was helpful and ractified my problem.