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Old 11-19-2001, 05:02 AM
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If this dosen't happen agian, don't worry about it, if it does:

From Symantech:
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Situation:
When using Norton AntiVirus (NAV), you see the error message "Terminating thread due to a stack overflow problem. A VxD, possibly recently installed, has consumed too much stack space. Increase the setting of 'MinSPs' in the SYSTEM.INI or remove recently installed VxDs."

Solution:
This is usually caused by a Windows setting that is set too low. What you need to do depends on your version of NAV.

NAV 2001
If you are using NAV 2001, this has been fixed by a program update. Please close all programs, run LiveUpdate, and select the Norton AntiVirus program update. You must restart the computer after the update is installed.

All other versions
To resolve this problem, you must make some modifications to the Config.sys and System.ini files, as follows:

1. Click Start, and then click Run. The Run dialog box appears.
2. Type sysedit and then press Enter. The System Configuration Editor opens.
3. Click the C:\Config.sys window.
4. Add or modify the following entries so that they are set to at least the following values:

FILES=150 (set to 200 if on a network)
BUFFERS=80
STACKS=12,256

5. Click the C:\Windows\System.ini window.
6. Add or modify the following entry in the [386Enh] section so that it is set to at least the following value:

MinSPs=4

NOTE: The MinSPs setting can be set higher if desired, but should be set in increments of 4. Each SP takes 4 KB of memory. (If there is no MinSPs statement, then the default value is set to 2.) For additional information on the MinSPs=4 setting, see the Microsoft Knowledge Base article There Are No Spare Stack Pages (ID Q149083).

7. (Windows 95 only). Add or modify the following entry in the [386Enh] section so that it is set to at least the following value:

MaxBPS=768

8. Save the changes, close the System Configuration Editor, and then restart the computer for the changes to take effect.
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