Hi,
I have a same problem but when I hit F8 I can run ipconfig /all and everything seems okay. It has a network driver / It has an IP Address / I can map network drives using net use and all seems fine.
But it still restarts soon as the "Prepearing Network Connections" comes up. Obviously it will stay on whilst I am in the CMD but soon as I close the CMD or type exit and it enter the machine will restart. Not sure where to go from here as most posts are saying about drivers but I'm not sure as I am getting network connectivity.
I have managed to get the smsts.log
Kind Regards
Kye
smsts.log