stack overloads!!

[Peter Scopes]

my computer keeps crashing and saying i have a 'stack
overload' and something to do with a new VXD and says i
should 'increase the settings of MinSP'. how do you do
it???!

 

[The Unknown P]

There may not be enough pages reserved for Vxd(virtual
device drivers)
Sp.
short for stack page, a reserved space in Windows of 4K
of memory that a 32-bit device driver uses to hold data
and instructions as it works. The default setting in
Windows sets one stack page for device drivers and two
spare pages for temporary allocations. The spare pages are
called MinSPs, short for minimum stack pages .This isn't
all that difficult to fix. go>start\run and type in
sysedit and then click ok or hit enter on your keyboard.
You may get many many windows opening with a final error
box. Simply close them out one at a time starting with the
error box. Look for C:\Windows\SystemIni and then the sub
section [386enh]. Now click your cursor after the last
entry and type this in. minsps=8 and then click file-save
at the top. If this doesn't work try 12. Windows sets the
spare pages to 2 by default and suggests that if you are
going to change this to have multiples of 4. Ex.4-8-12 and
so on.
The total memory space is divided into 4K segments called
pages. What you have done is essentially give your
computer more reserve virtual memory, into which to load
that virtual device driver (whichever one that it was).
You must restart your computer for the changes to take
place.Keep smiling.