SPARE STACK PAGES AND SYSEDIT.EXE

When Windows 95 boots, you may receive the following message:

"There are no spare stack pages. It may be necessary to increase the setting of 'MinSPs' in System.ini to prevent possible stack faults. There are currently <nnn> SPs allocated."

To resolve this error, add the following line to the [386Enh] section of the System.ini file:

MinSPs=4

If the problem persists, increase the number in multiples of four until the error disappears. This error is caused by an overflow of the stacks used by Windows 32-bit device drivers. It's not related to the stacks=line you may find in Config.sys.

In addition to System.ini, there are a few other text files that--along with the registry--largely govern the way in which Win9x systems run. If you ever need quick access to these files, you can open all of them simultaneously by typing the following command in the Run dialog box:

Sysedit.exe

All the files listed below will open in text editor windows within one convenient utility:

* Config.sys
* Autoexec.bat
* System.ini
* Win.ini
* Protocol.ini