Developer License for windows 8.1

Question

After Show-WindowsDeveloperLicenseRegistration in powershell, I get the following alert:

Show-WindowsDeveloperLicenseRegistration : Exception from HRESULT: 0x8024401B
At line:1 char:1
+ Show-WindowsDeveloperLicenseRegistration
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Show-WindowsDeveloperLicenseRegistration], COMException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : AcquireDeveloperLicenseException,Microsoft.Windows.DeveloperLicense.Commands.ShowWindows
   DeveloperLicenseRegistrationCommand

I am using Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2015, Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit, Windows is activated.Windows8.1-KB2913270-x64 is already installed on my pc.Proxy is properly set which I have verified using netsh winhttp show proxy.

P.S> This isn't a duplicate question. None of the solutions to similar problems has worked for me.

Answer 1

Thanks to @magicandre1981 to help me solve the error.

Short answer: Use open internet to avoid/solve any internet access related issues while getting developer license for windows 8.1.

Long answer:

If behind any proxy verify if the proxy is set properly using netsh winhttp show proxy.

I got error 0x8024401B while trying to get developers license for windows 8.1. This error occurred because there was some issue for internet access for windows machines from the lab I was working. This issue was solved after I accessed internet from outside the lab.

Further there was 0x80072f00 error. I was still behind a proxy server. After reading from here https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/4155f8ee-636a-4293-9cba-0694e8f0bcfd/we-couldnt-get-your-developer-license-for-windows-81-preview-error-0x80072f00?forum=toolsforwinapps, I used open internet to get developer license which solved the error.