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Every few months I get a message that Visual Studio 2013 Ultimate cannot login to download an updated license and I must re-login. I enter my MS Live account and it updates fine, but I will get the message again in a few months.

Anyway to fix this so it doesn't keep happening? I am running update 4 which I believe is the latest.

Michael
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  • Perhaps those are just the terms of your license. Microsoft Support would be the right people to ask about this since they would have access to your details. Surely typing a password 4 times a year won't kill you. – Retired Ninja Nov 23 '14 at 08:49

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Visual Studio 2013 Ultimate can only be bought as part of the Dreamspark Premium programme (only via an educational institution that has bought this package) or via MSDN.

The licenses for the two methods vary but however both require you to re-enter your login details every three months. It is auth'ed by a login token, that expires if:

  • Three months have passed since it was issued;
  • The password for the Windows/Microsoft Account was changed;
  • Your licence is revoked;
  • Switching your 'signed-in user'
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AStopher
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Visual Studio logs in using a token, and that token has a limited lifetime. Visual Studio will try to extend the token in the background, but there are a couple of things that could cause the renewal to fail. In such cases you need to log in again to get a fresh token.

Some actions/conditions I know of:

  • A wifi-connection that requires form authentication;
  • Proxy servers that interfere;
  • You choosing the "Log off all sessions" on any Windows account on any site.
jessehouwing
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