I had the same problem and wanted to change the product key to another. Unfortunate it's not as easy as it was on VS2010.

By Ben Corpus. I read your post “Creating a SQL Server Database Project in Visual Studio 2012” and I wanted to know how you maintain the database as.

The following steps work: • Remove the registry key containing the license information: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT Licenses 77550D6B-6352-4E77-9DA3-537419DF564B • If you can't find the key, use sysinternals to check the registry access of VS2012 to locate the correct key which is always in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT Licenses • After you remove this key, VS2012 will tell you that it's license information is incorrect. Go to 'Programs and features' and repair VS2012. • After the repair, VS2012 is reverted to a 30 day trial and you can enter a new product key. This could also be used to stay in a trial version loop and never enter a producy key. For me, with Visual Studio 2013, it wasn't enough to remove the license key and perform a repair (the repair restored the license key instead of reverting to a trial, and running it without the repair (after deleting the key) claimed the license had expired but wouldn't let me enter a new key). I have windows 8 and another pc with windows 8.1 I had License error saying 'Prerelease software.

License expired'. The only solution that I found which is inspired by the above solutions (Thanks!) was to run process monitor and see the exact registry keys that are accessed when I start the VS2013 which were: HKCR Licenses E79B3F9C-6543-4897-BBA5-5BFB0A02BB5C like what are mentioned in the previous posts. However the process monitor said that this registry is access denied. So I opened regedit and found that registry key and I could not open it.

It says I have no permission to see it. SO I had to change its permission: • Right click on the 'HKCR Licenses E79B3F9C-6543-4897-BBA5-5BFB0A02BB5C' key • Permissions • Add • In 'Enter object names to select' I have added my windows user name. • check on Full control • Advanced • Owner click on 'Change' • In 'Enter object names to select' I have added my windows user name.

I found that this registry key has several sub keys, however you have to restart regedit to see them. By seeing which other registry keys are access denied in process monitor, I knew that VS2013 will specifically deal with these subkeys which are ACCESS DENIED also: 06181 0bcad and these subkeys should be changed their permissions as well like above. After making these permission changes everything worked well. The same thing has been done to Microsoft visual studio 2010 because an error in the license as well and the solution worked well. If the original disk did not require you to enter a key then thats all you need to care about. It's a non-activation VLK key.

Install it on a new PC to confirm if you think it's using an old key from the registry. All my MSDN Visual Studio disks did not require a key (the key was in one of those setup files if you browsed the disk).

Visual Studio will not work without a key coming from somewhere. The MSDN Visual Studio embedded keys are 'global' for all users. It is not specific to you. The license is just on paper. You must not install more copies than you're allowed.

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Click to expand. And I didn't even DO anything. I have a unity pro license, and unity 5.2.0f3. VS came with unity (wasn't installed on this machine prior), and the only thing I did to it was change the syntax highlighting a while back. What do I do now?

(Currently back to using MonoDevelop again) I don't know what account to 'check for an updated license' with, since it's unity's account-less VS bundle. I tried restarting and using my unity account email but that's not recognized by VS (as expected). Before you suggest solutions, please have a look at EvilBat's post in this short reddit: Looks discouraging to attempt those potential fixes. Leave it to Microsoft's 'engineer' thinking to set up a system that (silently) gives you a trial to a free-signup service. Jeeze [EDIT] Not only are they not telling you you can make a free account to continue, on that screenshot, but there are also no links whatsoever about where to go to make such an account. Or at least telling you that it's called a 'Visual Studio Online' account, so that you can Google it.

Did a low-paid outsourcing farm take care of their UX? Sorry for my rant, it's just unbelievable in this day and age. For everyone, here is where you can make an account.

Leave it to Microsoft's 'engineer' thinking to set up a system that (silently) gives you a trial to a free-signup service. Jeeze [EDIT] Not only are they not telling you you can make a free account to continue, on that screenshot, but there are also no links whatsoever about where to go to make such an account. Or at least telling you that it's called a 'Visual Studio Online' account, so that you can Google it. Did a low-paid outsourcing farm take care of their UX? Sorry for my rant, it's just unbelievable in this day and age. For everyone, here is where you can make an account. I will like to add a few other points to this conversation.

Recently I needed to compile a DLL for Windows I thought: 'cool I have VS for free thanks to Unity' but then the horror! (notice: the complains had nothing to do with Unity but with VS and MS, but since it is been/was included with Unity installers I believe Unity and their users should take notice) 1. VS requires to login and subscribe, easy right? It happened that my old email account with MS was removed because I didn´t used as much as MS wanted me to used it.

Create a new MS account should be easy right? Well, yes and no, MS forces everyone to provide their own phone number, is not an option, you must provide and verify you phone number to them. This could look like a silly complain, but it is not, there are many concerns expressed all over the web about it and you are free to search and find them if you want. I will just say that is not 'cool' to force people to provide private information or to buy a new phone just to create a simple email account. Please, right now it will almost easier to get your own email server! (and maybe even free) b. Going to plan B: Why not uninstall VS and then reinstall the VS Community version, maybe I could get the 30 day trial (maybe) I can do what I need to do.

I went to my Control Panel>Software >and Uninstall everything VS. I must be fine right? The VS links are still working and I have tons of files and folders with VS stuff.

It seems that VS is the 'die hard' version of software. According to this post in Stackoverflow it is almost impossible to just uninstall VS. And if you believe the guy from this other post your registry is filled with crap if you are able to uninstall the software. Right now tried almost everything: >Uninstall Unity3d 5.3.1, the VS links are there and still working. >Search for the vc_community.exe in the whole HDD and found nothing >Even check about this MS uninstaller Which requires users to build the uninstaller.

In VS I guess. So in the end it looks like for me it is easier to either get a new phone line or just wipe out my whole HDD and reinstall the OS. The third option to spend a whole day or two searching and deleting all VS references in my HDD and registry. I just hope that installing Unity3d again, will not install the VS. Or should be called BS? Click to expand.Yeah!

How dare someone criticize the horribly confusing nature of a major company's product? (what gives ANYONE the right to point out the lack of basic functionality in something that has just started being included in Unity's installer?). I'd make more arbitrary accusations about money if I were you. - aside, i just found this page through google search, because: I double clicked a.fbx file, and it opened in Visual Studio instead of Maya - but Visual Studio immediately kicked me out because my trial had expired. Which reminded me I needed to figure out just what the hell happened when Unity tried to install visual studio as it's new editor, and whether I was being blocked because of old VS installs or what.

(i had no idea VS could handle.fbx or files, or that it had overriden my preferences for opening such files) Microsoft seems to seek out and spread confusion as a basic business practice, so i find it extremely bizarre people would be defending their failings as something we should be happy to have. I also got this license expired (VS Community 2015 update 2 - Windows 10), but unfortunately, clicking login button (i have windows account) not bring any login form.

No error or warning. Just nothing. Here some context about the error i get: At first, Visual studio working flawlessly.

Then i got BSOD and to debug that BSOD i install (fix the BSOD by update LAN, VGA, and remove onboard VGA driver). Little did i know, those make my Visual Studio Community unusable. It failed to load all plugins (that i painstakingly customized the setting - R# and bunch others). After that, do some google, and resetting the visual studio by using devenv.exe /Setting, devenv.exe /resetuserdata.

Thank God it can make the Visual Studio load. But off course, live never been easy. My microsoft account credential is delete and VS plugins is deleted.

Ok, no problem just re-login right? Nope, clicking login button not showing anything. I remembered, that nasty login button is not worked when i install VS 2015 update 1. Just use 'add an account' link! Microsoft Office Word 2003 Free Download Full Version With Product Key. But nope VS complain to me: We could not add account. Configuration system failed to initialized. I remember i deactivated Internet Explorer 11 (i am not used it, so to optimized storage, I deactivated it).

Aha, this could be the problem since for what ever reason the VS use API from IE to displayed the Microsoft Login Form. Googling also bring me to another unfortunate soul like me who also can't login because IE wrong default setting (TLS 1.0 / 2.0 / SSL 1.0 - 2.0 not active). I Activate it the TLS, whitelisting visualstudio.com / live.com / microsoftonline.com / but nope, VS still can't login. At this point of time, I raged and uninstalled everything related VS 2015 using (@, you don't need to compiled the tool. Just download the binary).

After that, i use the VS webinstaller. I am not use the 7GB ISO because i think that ISO is the problems. After install finished.

Voila, the problem still persist. Login button not working. We could not add account. Configuration system failed to initialized. My friend told me to uninstall the OS. But nope, by doing 3 project concurrently with tight deadline, I can't lose my computer set up. Now, i surrendered.

I have do everything to fix VS 2015 update 2 for working to no avail. Ibanez Artist Ar 350 Super Edition Scooters here. I will try to use visual studio code but if it also not working, will use good old sublime text 3 (nope, I will not use monodevelop). Sorry for long post, I hope others have more luck using VS. Is this still a problem? I've just got this message now Update your trial license, it will expire in 4 days I was forced to create a Microsoft account as part of the Windows 10 update. Like millions of others I've gone to great lengths to stop Microsoft spying on me. I go to sign in and: 'Your account has been temporarily suspended' Someone may have used your account ******************** to send out a lot of junk messages or done something else that violates the Microsoft Services Agreement.

What do you need to do? We'll send a verification code to your phone. Really This account I created the other day as a use once throw away account that I will never use because I don't trust Microsoft I am the only person who knows the details and I'm using fresh install of windows on a brand new disk that wasn't connected to the internet until I was in Full control of all communications. Or could it be a BIG FAT LIE to get a hold of my phone number? Seriously why is Unity getting involved with this incompetent organisation? I thought unity was European not American? I'm currently trying to do Microsoft Chat LOL to tell them I don't have a phone I guess they're experiencing unusually high volumes Yawwwn It looks like I'll have out and get a throw away sim card.

Click to expand.First off, the Visual Studio installer doesn't inform you that you are going to install a limited-day trial. Secondly, it doesn't remind you a day or 2 in advance if it needed to be activated. Third, the sign-in button did not work (at least at my end) since i never upgraded my Internet Exploder browser, as i have been using other popular alternatives. I figured out I needed to 'disable' my IE installation from 'Programs and Features' ->Turn windows features on or off' so that the Visual studio's 'sign in' feature wouldn't stop at this odd 'script error' which was happening because of an older IE pre-installed on my windows OS - heck it consumed a lot of time to get it to sign in.