[W8.1 Update 1] "Windows Store failed to sync machine licenses. Result code 0x80070490"

Anonymous
2014-04-08T18:57:02+00:00

After a clean install of windows 8.1.1 using the ISO from Technet I started getting the following error message in my event log the first time I start my machine in the morning:

Event 512 Store-Licensing  "Windows Store failed to sync machine licenses. Result code 0x80070490"

I use a Microsoft account and I have synced by Modern apps many times manually. Running the scheduled task manually will also produce the same error. I disabled the Scheduled Task that runs the sync and I'll see if it shows up tomorrow. Btw, the Store seems to be working fine.

I  read somewhere that the MS Store will be changed for 8.1.1 so I wonder if the 'new' store will stop these messages.

The Scheduled Task that kicks this off appears to be Microsoft/Windows/WS and is called WSRefreshBannedAppsListTask.

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-04-17T17:54:25+00:00

    Thank you, Emkay1001,

    unfortunately, no changes, same error.

    BTW, just in case, the error message I'm getting is in the Store-Client-UI log and is not taken into account by the event logger summary.

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-04-25T11:16:34+00:00

    Hello,

    Thank you for keeping us updated about the issue and sorry for late delayed response. I really appreciate your efforts towards resolving the issue.

    I would suggest you to run the fixit provided in the following Microsoft Article. If you want then you can try the manual steps also provided in the link.

    Error code 0x80070490 when you use Windows Update or Microsoft Update to install updates

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958044/en-us

    Hope this would help. If issue still persists post back with current status of your computer and result of the proposed suggestion, we will be happy to assist you.

    Thank you.

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-04-25T13:47:59+00:00

    Hello Ramesh and thank you for your reply.

    I had already tried the Method 1 from the KB article (see my post from April 16, 2014) but the problem still persists. I do not want to perform a repair Windows install (Method 2) of the two laptops that exhibit the issue unless there is absolutely no other way (especially that SFC no longer reports any problems after running DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth)

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-04-26T13:51:16+00:00

    Hello Emkay,

    Thank you for keeping us updated about the issue. I really appreciate your efforts towards resolving the issue.

    If issue still persists I would suggest you to create new user account as an administrator and then check the status.

    Create a user account 

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/create-user-account#create-user-account=windows-8

    Hope this would help. If issue still persists post back with current status of your computer and result of the proposed suggestion, we will be happy to assist you.

    Thank you.

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  5. Anonymous
    2014-04-26T14:19:03+00:00

    Hello Ramesh and thank you for your help.

    Unfortunately, the error message in the Event Log still appears. I have created a new local account (called Test) with administrator privileges, I had signed in to the test account and then manually started WSRefreshBannedAppsListTask task.

    Now there are two error messages in the Event Viewer (same ID and description as before): one is generated for my normal account and the other is generated for the test account:

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