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 Do you want to signoff PCBUILD or just change to Digest mode - visit our web site: http://freepctech.com/pcbuild.shtml