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Tracyjo Donating Member (426 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 10:15 PM
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computer people: what are stack pages??
A message just told me I may not have enough stack pages or some crap. I've never seen that message before. Anybody know what's up with that? I know nothing about computers. The message showed up after I voted in a poll at a website. I'm using Windows 98 on dial-up. I have a Gateway from 2000. Please don't tell me I need a new computer. I already know that. I know I should probably get rid of Windows too. Just can't afford all that yet. I just want to know what's up with the stack pages message, if anyone knows.
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neuvocat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 10:16 PM
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1. Sounds like something is going on with your RAM
or something to do with the memory on your pc. You might just have to restart it. Have you left it on for a while?
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Tracyjo Donating Member (426 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 10:28 PM
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3. I think I have a major problem
I've been leaving my 'puter on because the last time I tried to start it up, I got really wierd stuff on my screen when it came back. Lots of bright colors and no Windows. I turned it off again, and when it restarted,I got my Windows back. I'm afraid to turn it off again. I HAVE done the restart, though, and the Windows came back fine. Think I have a virus? Norton says I don't.
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 10:17 PM
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2. It's a memory setting.
It is set in one of the system files, config.sys, I believe.

Have you installed new software recently, software that starts at boot?
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Tracyjo Donating Member (426 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 10:30 PM
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4. I haven't installed anything new
If I had, I would have deleted it after that. This scares me.
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 10:34 PM
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5. Sure it wasn't "scratch" pages? That would have to do with
virtual memory, and probably mean there is not enough unfragmented free space on your hard drive for the computer to write the scratch pages to VM (on your hard drive).

Redstone
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 10:43 PM
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7. Good point about the fragments.
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Tracyjo Donating Member (426 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 10:43 PM
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8. Nah, got tons of free space
and I de-fragment once a week. I think I have a virus.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 10:42 PM
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6. Run a virus scanner and at least a couple pieces of Spyware
detection Software. Also check your virtual memory, there might not be enough. If you need to know how to adjust the virtual memory just respond.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 10:43 PM
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9. Depends. DOS has its own stack allotment; but so does Win9x.
Corruption can make it look like you've got a hardware when it's really an OS problem.

Having oo many temp and cache files could be an issue as well...
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Tracyjo Donating Member (426 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 10:47 PM
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10. does that mean I should delete my temp files?
because I've done that.
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 11:04 PM
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12. Then just take a ball-peen hammer to the damn thing, and go to
http://www.megamacs.com

You can buy a used first-generation iMac for less than a hundred-fifty bucks that will work fine for years, and run rings around Win 98 in performance.

Theyre good people to buy used stuff from. Every couple of months, I go there and buy half a dozen sub-$100.00 old macs from the to give to battered women's shelters--gives the kids something to play games on while their moms are recuperating, and doesn't cost a fortune.

Redstone
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Tracyjo Donating Member (426 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 11:21 PM
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13. that is a wonderful idea
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for that site. Probably cheaper than getting this crap fixed, huh? Yeah, I think it's probably time for a change. A change that won't cost me a fortune too! Thank you for that.
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 11:25 PM
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14. YOu're welcome. five-year-old used Macs may be the
best bargains in computerdom. Dirt cheap, rock solid, and easy to use.

Have fun.

Redstone
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-28-05 10:57 PM
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11. Run scandisk too. Click on My Computer then right click on
on the drive. Choose Properties - Tools. Click on Scandisk. Just do a standard check.
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