Hi,
I processed fixlist.txt and the PC rebooted. Attached is the Fixlog.txt file.
Unfortunately this did not resolve the issue. Actually, I tried this one a few months ago when I previously had the problem after another Windows Update, and it also did not resolve the issue back then either.
Aside, I switched on VerboseStatus (and boot logging as well) this time round to see if it revealed anything more than "Please wait...". Verbose logging showed the following sequence of messages (and length of display). Not sure if this helps you:
1. Please wait for the Group Policy Client... (displayed about 1 minute)
2. Welcome... (displayed about 1 second)
3. Please wait for the User Profile Service... (displayed about 24 seconds)
4. Please wait for the Local Session Manager (displayed about 1/2 second)
5. Windows could not connect to the System Event Notification Service service / Please contact your system administrator / OK Button
Step 2 would normally be reached within an absolute maximum of about 10 seconds on this PC prior to the issue. Step 2, 3, 4 and any others subsequent would also normally occur within a maximum of about 10 seconds after which the desktop would start to display.
Thanks.