I went on the thread and the exact cause of the problem wasn't stated. Are they going to release that information or just fix and not tell. From what I can gather, it seemed to be a loop that was happing in relation to the graphics engine. Its the best I can figure out, and I think we deserve to know whats up.
I boot up in safemode and it works. loads in the same time as it would. It seems that there is an error somewhere with the direct x somewhere. So boot in safemode.