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re: Mup.sys? Hangs but not? Wha's happening?
Thursday, May 29, 2003 at 11:51 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Brian
(448 messages posted)
Well, we both had the same problem. I had two defective processors. Ha ha. Lol.
On Thursday, May 29, 2003 at 11:10 am, Gary Thonerfelt wrote:
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>Thanks. It turns out, I've gotten two defective processors. I'm getting a new one,
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>"Defective processors are rare, and having 2 is outright near impossible."
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>I have encountered this issue with Mup.sys merely by changing the hard drive with
>windows XP on it to a system that is identical in every way. And even had this occur
>simply by changing the microprocessor for an identical one... my guess is that windows
>XP somehow is accessing the hardware ID in the microprocessor, (even though I always
>have it turned off in the BIOS).
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>MUP.sys - Multiple UNC provider...x
>heres a fix posted on another site
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> Start the Recovery console or..
>Start the computer with the boot disks or Windows CDROM
>After the Welcome to Setup dialog box appears, press R to repair, and then press
>C to start Recovery console.
>Choose install Windows and log on as Administrator.
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>At the command prompt type "disable Mup.sys"
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>"MUP stands for "Multiple UNC Provider" which assists Windows in locating resources
>when more than one redirector is on a machine such as "Microsoft Client for Microsoft
>Networks" and the "Novell Client for Novell Netware". When a connection to a server
>is requested it does not know if the request is to a Novell server or an NT server.
>It will start looking for the server with the primary protocol on the primary requestor
>and then continue looking for the server on each protocol bound to each redirector
>until the server is found."
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>Restart the computer and all should be well.
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