Some different things can cause this error. This article from the Microsoft Knowledge Base explains something about it. It also references this article, but I don't believe that one will apply to you.
If this is a recent development, think about whether you have installed new software lately which might cause it. Have you installed new hardware? What were you doing when the error message came up? What software was running?
No problem at all. Perhaps it was just a buggy boot-up; it can happen from time to time. If the program you downloaded was WinZip, it won't cause you a problem--it's a very established, stable program.
Hi Kay,
This happened this morning when I turned the computer on and prior to anything else loading.
I had tried to download some program yesterday from "www.winzip.com" to be able to read an attachment I received in an E-mail. I'm not sure if it downloaded correctly. Now I have turned the computer off and on a couple of times today and haven't had the warning again.
Thanks for your help.
When you are running Windows 95, you may receive the following error 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 SPs allocated.
CAUSE
This error can occur when Windows 95 encounters an internal overflow of the stacks used by 32-bit Windows device drivers. Please note that this is not related to the "Stacks=" line in the Config.sys file, which is used for 16-bit MS-DOS device drivers.
Stack overflow conditions are indicative of errors in the device driver. Device drivers are allocated 4 kilobytes (one page) of space to be used as a stack. If the device driver uses more than 4 kilobytes of memory, a stack overflow condition occurs.
Windows 95 sets aside a number of extra memory pages (spare stack pages) to be used temporarily to prevent a system "crash" due to a stack overflow condition. When the stack overflow condition has passed, Windows 95 reclaims the temporary page. The default number of spare stack pages is 2.
If Windows 95 detects that it has run out of spare stack pages, the warning message stated above is displayed. Windows 95 continues to operate normally unless a device driver encounters a stack overflow condition when there are no free spare stack pages.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this situation, add the following line to the [386Enh] section of the System.ini file and then restart your computer:
MinSPs=4
If the problem persists, increase the number of spare stack pages.
NOTE: Each spare stack page requires 4 kilobytes of memory.
Kay H
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January 6th, 2000 16:00
Hi Lynseed,
Some different things can cause this error. This article from the Microsoft Knowledge Base explains something about it. It also references this article, but I don't believe that one will apply to you.
If this is a recent development, think about whether you have installed new software lately which might cause it. Have you installed new hardware? What were you doing when the error message came up? What software was running?
Good luck,
Kay
Kay H
394 Posts
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January 6th, 2000 22:00
Hi Lynseed,
No problem at all. Perhaps it was just a buggy boot-up; it can happen from time to time. If the program you downloaded was WinZip, it won't cause you a problem--it's a very established, stable program.
Thanks for letting me know,
Kay
lynseed
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January 6th, 2000 22:00
This happened this morning when I turned the computer on and prior to anything else loading.
I had tried to download some program yesterday from "www.winzip.com" to be able to read an attachment I received in an E-mail. I'm not sure if it downloaded correctly. Now I have turned the computer off and on a couple of times today and haven't had the warning again.
Thanks for your help.
Lynseed
Kenneth_Linn
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January 8th, 2000 09:00
"Error Message: There Are No Spare Stack Pages
Article ID: Q149083
Creation Date: 27-MAR-1996
Revision Date: 27-MAR-1996
The information in this article applies to:
•Microsoft Windows 95
SYMPTOMS
When you are running Windows 95, you may receive the following error 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 SPs allocated.
CAUSE
This error can occur when Windows 95 encounters an internal overflow of the stacks used by 32-bit Windows device drivers. Please note that this is not related to the "Stacks=" line in the Config.sys file, which is used for 16-bit MS-DOS device drivers.
Stack overflow conditions are indicative of errors in the device driver. Device drivers are allocated 4 kilobytes (one page) of space to be used as a stack. If the device driver uses more than 4 kilobytes of memory, a stack overflow condition occurs.
Windows 95 sets aside a number of extra memory pages (spare stack pages) to be used temporarily to prevent a system "crash" due to a stack overflow condition. When the stack overflow condition has passed, Windows 95 reclaims the temporary page. The default number of spare stack pages is 2.
If Windows 95 detects that it has run out of spare stack pages, the warning message stated above is displayed. Windows 95 continues to operate normally unless a device driver encounters a stack overflow condition when there are no free spare stack pages.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this situation, add the following line to the [386Enh] section of the System.ini file and then restart your computer:
MinSPs=4
If the problem persists, increase the number of spare stack pages.
NOTE: Each spare stack page requires 4 kilobytes of memory.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
KBCategory: kbenv kberrmsg
KBSubcategory: win95
Additional reference words: 95"
KenL
klinn32m@earthlink.net
Kenneth Linn
lynseed
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January 12th, 2000 11:00
This was the best explanation yet. Thanks for your time.
lynseed