Windows Server Hangs at “Please Wait”

Sometime you can get windows screen with status “Please wait” hangs there for ever !

For me it was Classic shell software which cause the server to hang on this screen for ever. To uninstall :

1. Start the server in safe mode

2. run msconfig -> choose "Diagnostic Startup" -> reboot the server

3. the server will boot without any services -> go to control panel -. add remove program & uninstall "Classic shell"

4. run msconfig again-> this time select  "Normal Startup" -> reboot the server

5. The server will boot normally again.

Good Luck