During an attempt to sign in, if Windows displays the Please wait for the User Profile Service message for a long time, say 5 minutes, then that post will help you ...

Nothing short of normal Windows updates have been installed recently, and I've no idea how long this problem has existed, as my standard user account along with the admin account still work just fine.

Every Windows computer has a built-in Administrator account. We can now activate and use this Administrator account to build a new User Profile for you. Another interesting workaround that people have ...