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 :
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Start the server in safe mode
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run msconfig -> choose "Diagnostic Startup" -> reboot the server
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the server will boot without any services -> go to control panel -. add remove program & uninstall "Classic shell"
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run msconfig again-> this time select "Normal Startup" -> reboot the server
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The server will boot normally again.