Visual Studio .Net 2013 – Login fails with error “Browser is security restricted or JavaScript is disabled”

After installing Visual Studio .Net 2013 onto a Windows Server 2012 system for doing SharePoint 2013 development, I found I was unable to login with my MSDN profile to Visual Studio.  Instead I received a cryptic and unhelpful error message “Browser is security restricted or JavaScript is disabled”.  I searched the web a little and found assorted solutions which seemed to have assorted results, and finally I found that the problem went away when I turned off “IE Enhanced Security Configuration” from the Server Manager.  I was able to then restart Visual Studio and log in with out a problem.

I actually found this as a solution for a number of times when I was having issues activating Microsoft Office 2013 also.

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