0XD000005E Error when trying to Sign into Microsoft Account in Windows 8

Hi all,


Windows 8 consumer preview is out and can be downloaded form internet. Unfortunately some of the functionality breaks behind proxy servers (which hopefully will become thing of past). I got error code 0XD000005E when trying to connect my Microsoft Account with Windows 8. The problem is actually with the proxy settings (not all locations use IE settings by default :() Setting the same from command prompt (Running as ADMIN), using netsh command will do the trick.

CMD.exe (as admin)

C:\windows\system32>netsh
netsh>winhttp
netsh winhttp>import proxy source=ie

The last step will import proxy settings from ie and use them for  all applications running system wide. Same also holds true for earlier versions of windows, but as they were not that connected to the cloud, it just seemed to work.


Setting the proxy settings this way will ensure you can always access the online account(windows store, calender, mail etc).


Thanx for reading:)

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