Client authentication error when starting Visual Studio 2015 SP3

Question

I just performed a clean install of Visual Studio 2015 SP3, and I\'m getting this in the Output window at startup:

We were unable to automatically populate y

Answer 1

In the top right corner of Visual Studio, you will find a colored box with your name or your initials inside. Click the down arrow and then Account Settings.

In the opening window, please click "Sign out" in the upper left part of the window.

After a restart of Visual Studio and signing back in, the error should be gone.