Unable to Activate Windows Store App

Question

I installed a retail version of Windows 8 Pro. I downloaded and installed Visual Studio Express 2012. I asked for and received a developers certificate. Then I tried to c

Answer 1

For those who get a similar error but who are searching for a solution while debugging an IOT background app on a local machine specifically - you can find it here.

Using the search term "unable to activate windows store app the activation request failed with error" brought me here.