Susan,
Here is your solution.
George

>"There Are No Spare Stack Pages" Error
>This error seems to come up frequently in Windows 98 after installing
>Internet Explorer 5:
>
>There are no spare stack pages. It may be necessary to increase the
>setting of 'MinSPs' in System.ini to prevent possible stack faults. There
>are currently (number) SPs allocated.
>
>To resolve this issue, try adding the following line to the [386Enh]
>section of the System.ini file:
>
>MinSPs=6
>
>You can do this by selecting Start / Run, type msconfig, and click OK.
>Select the System.ini tab, scroll down to the folder labeled [386Enh] and
>click on it. Click the New button below and type MinSPs=6. Click Apply,
>then click OK and Yes when promted to restart your computer..
>
>Should the error continue to occur, try increasing the spare stack pages
>variable in increments of 4 (for example 8, 12, 16).
>
>Note: Each spare stack page requires 4KB of memory


Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 14:39:16 EDT
From: "Susan S. Hays" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Stack overflow problem
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I am getting the following message on my Dell desktop today:
Terminating thread due to a stack overflow problem. A VxD, possibly recently
installed, has consumed too much stack space. Increase the setting of
"MinSP's" in SYSTEM.INI or remove recently installed VxD's. There are
currently 5 SP's allocated.
I remember someone else having this problem before but I didn't pay attention
because I wasn't having the problem at the time. Could someone please tell
me what to set the MinSp's in the System.ini to in order to solve this
problem? I have a Dell OptiPlex GX110, 128 mgs. of ram, 18Gg. Hard Drive,
Windows98SE.
Thanks in advance,
Susan Hays

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