My apologies, but this is actually the workaround for a different “Please Wait” issue we were having this morning related to downloading the UE4 editor. I was not clear when I gave the workaround to TJ about which “Please wait” issue it was related to. We are still working hard to figure what is causing this problem.
One thing that has helped some users with this issue is right-clicking the shortcut and selecting “Run as Administrator.” Give that a try and see if it helps. Thanks again for your patience.
Sorry for the delay, I’ve taken a look at your logs and you appear to only successfully connect when using -http=wininet I suggest using this as standard for now.
Could you re-attempt to log in with that setting. Since you posted your original issue we have released a hot fix for a known issue with matches both your description and what we see in the logs. Hopefully with the correct http setting you should patch to 2.4.3 and be able to log in successfully.