Visual Studio 2013 stopped working on July 13th

Question

Visual Studio 2013 no longer works. When I open 2013 I get a message that says:

"Your license has gone stale..."

When I click the Sign in button, I get a problem:

"Sorry, we ran into a problem

The online service is not available...."

I get the same error if I click the "Check for an updated license" link or the "License with another Microsoft or organization account". So, I'm currently unable to use Visual Studio 2013.

(Alas the code base I'm working with won't yet complie in Visual Studio 2015 or later).

Answer 1

A similar issue is posted below. See the resolution provided there and try the same.

https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/your-license-has-gone-stale-and-must-be-updated/419133

Hope this helps

Answer 2

Hi @Clay Dreslough , welcome to the Q&A forum and thank you for your feedback.
Site go.microsoft.com now supports only TLS1.2 protocol, please try to configure .NET Framework to support strong cryptography to use TLS 1.2 or enable TLS 1.0 from registry. (Please backup the registry firstly, in case we need to restore it)

1. Configure to support strong cryptography: press Windows key + R > type regedit > navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft.NetFramework\v4.0.30319 > add a new registry entry named SchUseStrongCrypto > set its type to DWord > set its value = 1, for more informaiton, please check this.
2. Enable TLS 1.0: press Windows key + R > type regedit > navigate to Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\SCHANNEL\Protocols> TLS 1.0 > Client > Enabled DWord value 1.