computer hangup

when going to use yahoo games my computer gives me the message Program Error-stack overflow then a close button that takes me back to my main screen page with no desktop and iI am frozen- ??? I have to power down to get out. Is this a memory problem ??

 

Are you using a firewall ? If so,....... it may be this......I used to have the same problem when going to geocities. It was because they have trackers on their pages & firewalls don't allow them.
You may have to incorporate them to your firewall.




Savvy

 

Hi Philzey,

Maybe try this:

Go to Start/run, and type Notepad /Config.sys (there's a space after 'Notepad'!)

Your config.sys will now open in Notepad.

Add the following lines, and save in 'File':

STACKS=64,512
FILES=60
BUFFERS=40


Tell us what happens.

Good luck,

 

I forget:

If you're running ME it has to be done another way.
With XP, I don't know, but I suspect you can't do this at all.

Please post back.

Good luck,

 

THis didn't work, im still in limbo .. thanks anyway.

 

This is a tricky one, I must say.

Maybe WhitPhil has an idea?

Try this as well:

Go to Start/run, and type System.ini, followed by clicking 'OK'.
Your System.ini will now open in Notepad.

Scroll down to the [386Enh] section.
In that section, if you see a line that reads "MinSPs= ", add 4 to the number next to it.

If you don't find that line, then add the line MinSPs=4 to the section.
If that doesn't do it, make it MinSPs=8.

Good luck,

 

it didn't work