Robert,
Did you try creating a shortcut to Fractint, then set the properties to run Fractint full screen (2 places)?
Just tried that, as soon as I read your email. New shortcut worked fine... until I tried switching out of Fractint (whilst in a text screen), at which point I got the same BSoD as before. :( Since Windows progs can grab focus and thus force a switch (and hence the BSoD if I have Fractint running), this needs to be resolved...
On the Misc tab of the properties screen for the shortcut, try having "Allow screen saver" unchecked, "Always suspend" checked, and setting the Idle Sensitivity to Low. Also, try setting the startup parameter textsafe=save, either on the Cmd line: of the Program tab of the shortcut, or in your sstools.ini file. Jonathan