The User Profile Service failed the logon
Yeah right - that helps!
The fact of the matter is that you are cut off from your data.
So here we go:
Hit F8 during boot and pick secure mode; that will log you in with the built in Admin account.
Then open regedit and find
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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList
Here there are some folders starting with S-1-5 with a lot of numbers behind them.
I had one regular and one with a .bak extension (and several others with no numbers behind them - that I did not touch).
Right-click the folder without .bak, and then click Rename. Type .ba, and then press ENTER.
Right-click the folder that is named .bak, and then click Rename. Remove .bak at the end of the folder name, and then press ENTER.
Right-click the folder that is named .ba, and then click Rename. Change the .ba to .bak at the end of the folder name, and then press ENTER.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947215/
It worked!
But don't tell me that Windows is so easy for the common Joe to use....