VMs Windows Server 2008 /Exchange server Stuck on Applying Computer/User Settings

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<div dir&equals;"ltr" style&equals;"text-align&colon; left&semi;">&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; left&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; large&semi;">Solutions&colon;<&sol;span><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; left&semi;">First<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h1><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<h1><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<h1><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p><span><&sol;span><span><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol>&NewLine;<li>Either wait for you server to eventually finish the logon process or reboot it in the safe mode with F8<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Open registry editor with regedit<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Go to&nbsp&semi;HKEY&lowbar;LOCAL&lowbar;MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesHTTP and create the following Multi-string value&colon; DependOnService<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Double click the entry&comma; enter&nbsp&semi;CRYPTSVC in the Value Data field and click OK<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Reboot your server to Normal mode<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; left&semi;">Second<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; left&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; normal&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-family&colon; inherit&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; small&semi;">Make sure TCP&sol;IP 6 is enable under network card properties &comma; this can cause system to hang if exchange is running on this&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; left&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-family&colon; inherit&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; small&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; normal&semi;">Or Change the Exchange service to manual <&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-family&colon; inherit&semi;"><b><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; small&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;b><&sol;span><br &sol;> You can also solve the problem with the Hotfix available from <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;support&period;microsoft&period;com&sol;kb&sol;2379016" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" title&equals;" A computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 stops responding and hangs at the &quot&semi;Applying User Settings&quot&semi; stage of the logon process">Microsoft<&sol;a>&period;<br &sol;> NOTE&colon; the&nbsp&semi;KB&nbsp&semi;article states that this happens on Windows Vista and Server 2008 with Service Pack 2&comma; but in my case I had Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 1&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;