http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mohamed_el_ashmawi/archive/2011/06/16/user-profile-synchronization-service-starting-issues.aspxSome people face issues with starting up user profile synchronization service. The main thing is that they find it hanging on “Starting”. They resolve this issue by changing the start type for the service to be “Automatic – Delayeden-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)