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My OS is windows 98 Se. When startup almost completes (gets to wallpaper screen) blue screen appears with text stating "Terminating thread due to stack overflow problem. A VxD, possibly recently installed has consumed too much stack space. Increase the settings of 'minSP's in "system.ini" or remove recently installed VxD's. There are currently 5 SP's allocated. Press any key to continue."

Startup then completes & computer works o.k.

Question: How is minSP setting (or stack size) increased? "minSP" does not exist in system.ini file as indicated in displayed text.

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Try this:

Click Start-Run and type  sysedit  in the box, then click OK.
Click on the System.ini window.
Find the [386Enh} section and add the following line: MinSPs=8 (If it already then change number from 5 to 8.)
Then click the word FILE in upper left corner of biggest window, and click SAVE.
Close all and Reboot.
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Thanks to both COOKRE and LASER1 for their prompt and accurate replies. Problem fixed
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Operating systems perform basic tasks, such as recognizing input from the keyboard, sending output to the display screen, keeping track of files and directories on the disk, and controlling peripheral devices such as disk drives and printers. For large systems, the operating system makes sure that different programs and users running at the same time do not interfere with each other. The operating system is also responsible for security, ensuring that unauthorized users do not access the system. Operating systems provide a software platform on top of which other programs, called application programs, can run.