This is a good indicator that you can now go ahead and refresh the license. Once you have signed back in and your account is successfully authenticated, you will see that the 'Reenter your credentials' link is gone. This link is a good indication that your account is not synced up with Microsoft servers and the error message is right in that your account is not authenticated and the license cannot be refreshed. Or you can just click the link Reenter your credentials. You can either sign out by clicking on the Sign out link and then signing back in by clicking on the account icon in the upper right corner of Visual Studio. Please ensure your accounts are authenticated.' If this message is encountered, sign out and sign back in.

If signed in already, click the link Check for an updated license on the account settings page.Ĭ. Sign in if you are not signed in already.ī. Sorry, I do not publish a ready-to-use code for ethical reason.Ī. Increasing these values (preferable the year :) ) WILL extend your trial period and get rid of a blocking screen! I know nothing of such a tool that allows to edit encrypted registry values, so my small program in C++ and Windows API looks like: RegGetValueĪctual language doesn't matter if you have access to registry and crypto functions in your language. So decrypt it first with CryptUnprotectData. Binary value stored in that key is encrypted with CryptProtectData.

So check other subkeys if you can not match proper values described below. I assume the 08878 subkey may differ from installation to installation (why not, isn't?). IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: Information provided below is for educational purposes only! Extending a trial period of Visual Studio Community 2017 might be ILLEGAL!

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