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.

• Moved by BrianEhMVP Tuesday, August 04, 2015 2:53 PM

Hi Alex,

I had tried to check that log per Tim's recommendation and found nothing meaningful, but I will review it again using the link you provided.  I had also tried a longer delay, but that didn't seem to work, but I will try it again and get back to this thread.

So far nothing has worked.  In the meantime I set up a simple batch to click & run from the desktop until I/we figure this out.

• Edited by Alan Wheeler Tuesday, August 04, 2015 3:12 PM