I have a VxD error/problem....I have the exact error message,help please!!

[loul]

Hi,
After re-booting windows (the dreaded millenium version http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/frown.gif )i have recieved the following message,please advise me what to do next as i'm not familiar with this......


Terminating Thread due to a stack overload problem.
A VxD,possibly recently installed,has consumed too much stack space.Increase the settings of MinSPs in SYSTEM.INI or remove recently installed VxD's.There are currently 5 SPs allocated. <end>


.......So,i run msconfig and go into 'static VxD's' and the following list are ALL enabled.Which ones should i uncheck to disable and what will happen if i do?(what are they??)

VnetSup.vxd
NDIS.vxd
JavaSup.vxd
VnetBios.vxd
Vredir.vxd
dfs.vxd
Navap.vxd

......thanx!

[daveleau]

lol, I will find a good explanation for you... http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

As for the problem, I would add it into the [386enh] section at the bottom and see how that works. If it does not work then...??? More hunting...
Dave

[daveleau]

http://whatis.techtarget.com/WhatIs_Definition_Page/0,4152,214412,00.html

This tells you exactly what a VxD is. It is a virtual device driver for Windows.

Dave

[daveleau]

http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/Forum2/HTML/005393.html http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/Forum2/HTML/007690.html http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/Forum2/HTML/008345.html http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/Forum2/HTML/008993.html (THIS one looks good) http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/Forum2/HTML/009787.html (no wonder this looked familiar...I had the same problem and this was my thread...lol)

This is a similar error I saw a while back in Win95. Same scenario and since ME is just a sooped up 95...

Hope this helps,
Dave

[This message has been edited by daveleau (edited 01-11-2001).]

[loul]

......Ok,so BFlurie advises to take a look in the 386 folder in SYSTEM.INI,and look for MinSps=4

I don't have it listed??
Should i manually enter it as the above or should i "increase the size" like it tells me in the error (blue) screen,and enter it as MinSps=8.Windows apparently defaults it at =4

Now,given i don't know much about the VxD 'thing' http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif i'm still not sure what to do and just incase it makes a difference to how i should configure it i'll give you a little more info on the spec of my system;

Pentium III,1000mhz,256 MB Ram with SB LIVE & ATI RADEON SDR 32mb graphics.
(If you need to know a more in-depth spec let me know)

......more to the point i'd deeeeeeply appreciate a low down on what this VxD is & does!! (somebody tell me please!)


[This message has been edited by loul (edited 01-11-2001).]

[loul]

i applied it to the 386 sect only to find upon re-boot it's gone again!!??
.......what now?

(10 minutes later!)

....i just took a look in my add/remove prog's and have uninstalled the following in hope that this may be what caused the stack overload/error....Did i need these?If so i have them on disc.I don't know what they do,maybe someone does http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif

INTEL ATA storage driver (??)

INTEL security driver (??)

[This message has been edited by loul (edited 01-12-2001).]