Olive, this problem sounds worse than it is - it's fairly easily fixed. See
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q149/0/83.asp

"To resolve this situation, add the following line to the [386Enh] section
of the System.ini file and then restart your computer:
   MinSPs=4
If the problem persists, increase the number of spare stack pages in
increments of 4 (for example, 8, 12, 16)."

Joe

> -----Original Message-----
> I recently installed Windows98 2nd Edition over itself to try
> to fix a problem. I fixed that problem but now I've got
> another one. When I try to run my NU System check everything
> freezes up and/or I get this message:  "Terminating thread
> due to a stack overflow problem.  A VxD, possibly recently
> installed, has consumed too much stack space. Increase the
> setting of 'MinSPs' in System.INI or remove recently
> installed VxD's. There are currently 5 SPs allocated."  The
> first time I got this error message it said I had 10 SPs
> allocated, now I'm down to 5.  What is VxD? What is 'MinSP'
> in System.INI? I have found some info about the stack
> overflow problem but not sure if I completely understand it.
> If anyone has run into this and can help me try to fix this
> (without having to spend $ for tech support, cos I can't
> afford it right now), I would really feel blessed.
>
> Thanx in advance.
> Olive Morest

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