Twincat Activate Configuration error 0x1028 - unable to activate - plc

I am a beginner in Twincat and is trying to run a sample program on my system(not on target).
I did all the steps mentioned here and did get the system up and running my sample code once. However, when I tried to run it again after a system restart, I get an error message.
I tried creating a new empty solution and another one with test code, both of them throws the same error code. Also, when I click on the green Restart TwinCat system button, I get the following error.
How do I solve this?

You need to enable AMD-V in your BIOS.
The procedure is explained here:
https://youtu.be/P9uUgT8EhUM?t=1029
(This is done for an Intel system, while you seem to have an AMD system, but it's the same procedure).
Also make sure to run this file in CMD (as Administrator):
C:\TwinCAT\3.1\System\win8settick.bat
And then reboot your computer.
If this doesn't do the trick, then do core isolation and run your TwinCAT task on an isolated core. Maybe that was what you were doing before but not now? It's described quite well in this video: https://youtube.com/watch?v=q7iRvDuAOFQ

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EDIT:
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EDIT 2
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I am following a very handy guide published here.
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If I simply press return again, the message disappears and the command seems to work fine...
Am I doing something wrong here? Is it a known powershell thing, or has something gone awry on my device? (If it's of any significance, I had to re-flash the OS once or twice in order to get anything to deploy remotely).
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I have a question and problem regarding debugging in eclipse using an STLINK STM32 Discovery board. I have looked online for the answer and have followed many tutorials, but I still cannot seem to get it to work correctly. I will try my luck at asking here.
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Runtime Error in Visual Simulation Environment - Microsoft Robotics Studio

I am using Microsoft Robotics Studio for a school project and I am getting a strange error when I try to run the Visual Simulation Environment. It was working fine until yesterday and then suddenly it gave me a runtime error saying "Illegal command line arguments... do not use VPLHost directly, use dsshost instead to run a manifest" But I am only clicking on Run in VPL/DSS Manifest editor.
I am running MRDS as administrator and I even tried re-installing MRDS but it is still showing the same MS VPL Runtime error. I tried to search online, but cannot find any suitable solution.
I already tried running the existing samples, I.e. Urban Environment, Multiple Simulated Robots etc. but it still gives me the same error. The strange thing is that it was working perfectly one minute, and then started giving me this error message the next minute, when I had not changed anything in between. In fact, I had wanted to change something in my manifest, so I closed the running VPL application, closed VPL and opened DSS manifest editor, and ran my manifest and that is when I got this error.
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I don't know the solution of your problem, but it would be better that you post your question on the link below:
http://p2p.wrox.com/book-professional-microsoft-robotics-studio-isbn-978-0-470-14107-6-410/
[official forum for the book : Professional Microsoft Robotics Studio], i hope you will shortly get reply there,
The other option is to post your question on the msdn forum,
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/robotics
hope this would help....