need more stack pages help

i keep getting error need more stack pages
went to run and typed in misconfig
then it said cannot find the file misconfig or
one of its componennts
can some one help me i have 4 stack pages but apparantly
need more i am a begginner and dont even know what stack pages are so please not to complicated

 

Hi & Welcome.

As a quick FYI, whenever you post on a forum like this, always post exact error messages, then there is no confusion.


Re: Misconfig, the program is call MSCONFIG (no I after the M)


Re: the stacks

The message indicates that there are currently 4? SPs (Stack Pages) assigned, 2 of which are the default Spare Stacks (if there is NOT already a MinSPs entry).

In order to stop the overflow, we need to increase the number of Spares by 4. The MinSPs= setting determines the number of SPARE stack pages that Windows keeps to loan out to drivers that end up using more than the one they are each allocated.

A stack is a reserved piece of memory. When drivers are fired up, they are given a 4k page of memory to use as a kind of "scratch pad" to do certain operations. This is a stack page. Some drivers end up needing a bit more than one page so Windows, by default, keeps two pages to loan out. The pages kept for loan are known as MinSPs.

Do Start > Run > SYSTEM.INI

Scroll to the [386Enh] section
Look for a MinSPs entry. If you find one, add 4 to the number.

If you don't find one, we will increase the 2 spares by 4, so add the line
MinSPs=6

Save and reboot

Eg:
[386Enh]
MinSPs=6

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];149083

(Judiously plagiarized & paraphrased from posts by SteveYandl of PC911)

 

WhitPhil,
Is it not better to ; out all [386Enh] entries and let Windows
manage the stack pages etc ?
regards

 

Thanks

Thanks Phil for the details and Arie for the search feature. Exactly what I need was in the first search result for spare stack pages

FYI; The link in Phil's post doesn't work and the first 4 searches for the article number show 0 results. Good ole MSKB.

 

The link works. But instead of clicking on it, you need to select and copy all of it, and then paste it into the Address line of your browser. (it uses the old MSKB syntax)

The following link does work.

MSKB Stack Pages