TechieDan

Previously, I had a weird error that’s been bugging me. Well, Here’s the scenario.

PC Affected

OS : Windows XP

I went and shared both my Drive C: and Drive D: into the network. While accessing another PC to access these 2 drives, the shared PC stopped functioning and hanged. So then I proceed to restart it. Little did I know, it was a very bad mistake to make.

Then appeared before me, a Windows XP Loading which doesn’t load at all. Trying to restart in safe mode doesn’t seem to start with the process of loading stopping at MUP.sys. Then to my horror, it’s the same everywhere for every safe mode. Not wanting to give up, I searched through the net and some even say about replacing the MUP.sys or disable the MUP.sys. Though I’ve tried the following solution and my problem was solved.

Solution
Put in your Windows XP CD and go into Repair Console Mode.
In console mode ex : c:/>
Type in CHKDSK /P for error check
If error detected Type CHKDSK /R for repair

The above process took me quite long that I decided to leave my PC overnight for the CHKDSK /R.
In the morning though, I found out that there was error on the PC and it says it already fixed the issue. So I restarted the PC and voila, it’s back to normal.

Not to say this is the solution for most MUP.sys problems. This was my scenario, if you really need to refer to others, here are some links.

Windows XP freezes at mup.sys, how do I fix it?
How I resolved my mup.sys hang issue

Updates : By the way, something is wrong once again, and I must say this MUP.sys is really screwed up. I recommend a full format though. The fix it has messed up my registry.

Windows Update has now made available Windows SP3 (Service Pack 3) for download to protect your Microsoft Windows XP further. If you haven’t yet download your service pack, here’s the right time to do it. Eradicate those loopholes and enhance your computer security.

Get your copy now or download it using the Windows Update menu on your Internet Explorer Tools.

Credits to Lasker of Penangpenang.com for informing me regarding this.

How many of us has used unix that we sometimes hate to look though the error and server logs for details. Sometimes it’s bothersome that the error log is so big that it’ll take awhile before it can open that log file. Well, for experienced unix users, they will know how to make use of the tail function which allows them to see the last few lines of the log file.

Now how about if one person backups the log file and brings it back home and starts it in Microsoft Windows. Opening the 1Gb error log file using a double click would be overkill, so if you haven’t heard of Tail for Win32 by Paul Perkins, then you should get one.

What this program does is that it function exactly like the tail -f command of unix. Now everything is made easy like that.