CCT: Role instances did not start within the time allowed

There is a very recent thread on MSDN which I couldnt post to with a work-around,
and I have since forgotten how i worked around, but the following links might be of assistance



http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jnak/archive/2008/10/28/asp-net-mvc-projects-running-on-windows-azure.aspx


http://blogs.msdn.com/b/kwill/archive/2013/08/09/windows-azure-paas-compute-diagnostics-data.aspx

Her best post ever

Interesting and scientific business case study

http://kriswrites.com/2013/05/15/the-business-rusch-shifting-sands/

Great article on HyperV crash

http://www.mattwrock.com/post/2013/08/22/Understanding-networking-options-with-a-wireless-Hyper-V-host-and-solving-Catastrophic-failure-%280x8000FFFF%29.aspx

Deja Groundhog -- Win 8.1 Pro BSODs again

Less than 24 hours later, same thing happened again. Got to Windows 8.1 Pro, enabled HyperV, checked to see if I had the latest video drivers that Windows was complaining about, went off to do something else, and came back to see the Window 8 version of the Blue Screen Of Death. Starting to get familiar.

Third time, I was a bit more careful.

I concentrated on applying the automatic Windows 8 updates, then upgraded to Window 8 Professional, then enabled Hyper-V. Bam. Fortunately, this time a restore only went back to the point before the HyperV install and not back all the way to the factory settings, which is something to be pleased about, but this is the second computer I have had to remove HyperV from. This is hardly acceptable -- I never liked the idea of hyperV, but I had made the effort to create all my virtual machines for HyperV, and now here I am with two computers that crash if I try to use HyperV, and an external drive full of virtual images that I might not be able to use with other virtualisers?
Come on Microsoft. And I only just renewed my MSDN subscription. For shame.

And this nonsense about updating your drivers and it will all be OK. Tosh.

Windows 8.1 crash and refresh to Windows 8 -- no restore points?

I upgraded to Windows 8.1 to beat the rush, and all seemed to go without incident until yesterday. I allowed the automatic updates to run, but then when I tried to Hibernate my laptop and then re-activate it, everything froze up and Windows corrupted and I chose to Refresh.
It Refreshed all the way back to what must have been Win 8 Home Premium or whatever came from the shop. Yoish. No automatic restore points or anything. I didn't realise Win 8 was so lame. And now I have a peculiar situation where I may have used the wrong licence key. Unmixing this situation will be interesting too...

Windows 8 Profession to Windows 8.1 upgrade E-Pick Fail

Part 2 of a rant -- this is the second time I upgraded to Win 8.1, but the first time I noticed that it was merely "Windows 8.1"  Whatever the hell that might be and not Window 8.1 Professional. I had to choose "Add extra Windows Features and put in my license number before it woud upgrade properly.
What the Foe?