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To: doniam who wrote (11094)	7/25/2000 11:55:38 PM
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Me too: >>last several days blue screens, freeze ups and spontaneous reboots.<< I have been experiencing same problems since Thursday. Its behavior and failure mode is unpredictable. It seems to involve a sudden significant reduction in my system's ability to run multiple tasks over a period of time. It only happens when I have MSIE open with certain other apps or only with certain web sites. A new clue appeared tonight with this blue screen: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Windows 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 SYSTEM.INI or remove recently installed VxD's. There are currently 6 SPs allocated. Press any key to continue <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< I do not know what this means. I looked at System.ini and did not see a variable directly related to this message. I think it may be related to the new Microsoft IE5.01 SP patch which I installed at that time. Message 14067445 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Security Update, July 19, 2000 This update resolves the "Persistent Mail Browser Link," "Cache Bypass," and "Malformed E-mail Header" security vulnerabilities in Outlook Express. Download now to prevent a malicious user from reading e-mails and files on your computer, or using your computer to send damaging e-mails to others. These vulnerabilities do not give a malicious user the ability to add, change, or delete files on your computer. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< The only other system change made the day before was a weekly Symantec Norton Anti-Virus NAV update. The NAV may contribute to my inability to to do a warm boot recovery but I do not think it is causing the crash. I suspect another possible contributor in my case could be my use of ZoneAlarm firewall which might interfere with what I suspect was a quick and dirty MS patch. Just a WAG on my part. I see MS has since released a new patch for the Email security issue which does not affect the IE. More fuel for my speculation as to why. I am shooting from the hip here. It may involve the old Windows 95/98 resource memory being over taxed by the new patch. twcny.rr.com Anyone familiar with this knows error messages can be missleading as a result of running out of space to complete the normal start-up sequence of loading drivers. Any suggestions or comments are appreciated.

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