what is a Overflow Error

Hi,
I had been playing around with a old PC that I am trying to restore to be good enough for a youngster to play with.
I know I am pushing my luck a bit as it is only a Pentium 166 with 32MB of Ram and a 2.5 Gig HD.
I loadet Power Desk a Windows Explorer substitute that I am running on my PC, it installed ok but as soon as I try to start the program I get this Error Message:
Pdexplo
PD.EXPLO caused a overflow error in Module PD Explo.exe at 0167:004238e2
Is it that the 32MB of Ram with Windows 98SE is just not enough to go round?

Any help would be very much appreciated

hawk22

 

Found this at http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/O/overflow_error.html

An error that occurs when the computer attempts to handle a number that is too large for it. Every computer has a well-defined range of values that it can represent. If during execution of a program it arrives at a number outside this range, it will experience an overflow error. Overflow errors are sometimes referred to as overflow conditions.

And here http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vbenlr98/html/vamsgOverflow.asp.
found this:
Overflow (Error 6)
Specifics

An overflow results when you try to make an assignment that exceeds the limitations of the target of the assignment. This error has the following causes and solutions:

The result of an assignment, calculation, or data type conversion is too large to be represented within the range of values allowed for that type of variable.
Assign the value to a variable of a type that can hold a larger range of values.

An assignment to a property exceeds the maximum value the property can accept.
Make sure your assignment fits the range for the property to which it is made.

You attempt to use a number in a calculation, and that number is coerced into an integer, but the result is larger than an integer. For example:
Dim x As Long
x = 2000 * 365 ' Error: Overflow
To work around this situation, type the number, like this:

Dim x As Long
x = CLng(2000) * 365
For additional information, select the item in question and press F1.

All of which means nothing to me but it may be of some use to you

 

bluejay thank you for your effort in trying to help me out here. But I am afraid I cann't make anything out of it.
In other words not smart enough to understand it.
But hey, thanks anyhow for trying.
hawk22

 

hawk22--No personal experience but here is what a search at www.google.com produces
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q="overflow+error+"&btnG=Google+Search
The MSKB article
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=145799
may have some general help.
Many of the other Google hits suggests the solution may be unique to the program causing the problem.
I understand you have a PowerDesk CD. Does it indicate the RAM size requirements for using PD?

 

Jim Hi,
Thank you Jim and yes you are right, I have since taken the Program off the old PC and as I was looking through things it does Recomend that you have at least 64 MB of Ram and the old dog has only 32.
So I would say that this was the problem .I am totally happy with the program on my PC.
It is good to know for the future, when playing around with old PC's that this would be the indicator to tell what the PC can not handle.
Thanks again
hawk22

 

hawk22--Thanks for posting back. Sorry the end result was not favorable, but at least you know why.