Applicable to Windows 98, 98SE and ME

On occasion, you will receive an error message referring to "Stack Overflow".   This is more common with Windows 98 and
Windows 98SE.  The background for this is based in the old DOS memory assignments.  By default, Windows only assigns 4 pages of memory for this address control.  Increasing the number of pages will reduce or elimate the error.  The instructions for increasing this memory are below.

To increase the setting, you must edit the System.ini.  The easiest way to do this is to go to Start, Run and enter Sysedit and press return. You will get a number of windows opening with titles on the top line of each. Select the System.ini header and double click on that.  Now you will need to add this line to the section of [386Enh] (usually the 4th section down) in the System.ini.  Copy the line below by highlighting and then pressing and holding the Control key (Ctrl) while pressing the "C" to copy. 

minSPs=20

To make a opening for this line, go to the right hand end of [386Enh] in the System.ini and press enter.  You will now have a blank line just after that heading. 

After creating the empty line, click once just below the header in the empty space and then press and hold the Ctrl key while pressing the "V" to paste the previously copied line.