Win 8.1 Pro, Hyper-V v6.3.9600.16384
I have set a VM for "Always start this virtual machine automatically". But when Windows and Hyper-V start up, this machine is not starting. I have alternately tried going back to a different setting for startup and coming back to auto start thinking it might reset some internal 'switch', and I have tried 0 and 30 sec delays wondering if there are delayed services, but I don't know what those might be. But I would think when Hyper-V starts, it should be fully ready to go.
I have Hyper-V also running on another machine (Server 2012 R2) and it behaves properly. Of course the only time I shut down the server is for software updates as required, but when I do that, Hyper-V automatically starts all its VMs per the settings.
What things can I look at to determine why Hyper-V is not starting the VM automatically on this Win 8.1 machine, and what might I do to fix this problem?
Thanks.