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Visual Studio 2012 may fail to install after October 7, 2013

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Symptoms

When you try to install Visual Studio 2012 after October 7, 2013, you receive one of the following error messages:
Unable to locate package source

Microsoft Web Deploy 3.0
A required certificate is not within its validity period when verifying against the current system clock or the timestamp in the signed file.

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Cause

These errors occur because of a failed timestamp comparison in the installer that is caused by an improperly signed Web Deploy Package.

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Resolution

To resolve the errors that are mentioned in the "Symptoms" section, download updated installers from your distribution channel of choice (MSDN Subscriber Downloads, the Volume Licensing Service Center, the Microsoft Download Center, or Microsoft Store).

If you receive a warning after you successfully complete the installation of Visual Studio 2012, you can fix the problem by using one of the following methods:

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More Information

All affected Visual Studio products that are available electronically from Microsoft were updated before September 2013.

If you have stored an instance of the Visual Studio 2012 installer on a file server within your organization, you can replace the installation files by using the updated files. You can obtain the updated files from the following Microsoft websites: 

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Article Info
Article ID : 2896302
Revision : 1
Created on : 1/7/2017
Published on : 10/15/2013
Exists online : False
Views : 480