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  • Can I use my Windows registeration number with someone elses recovery disk?

    I have a Compaq with Windows XP Home edition. I have had problems with it since March saying

    svhost.exe Application Error

    "The instruction 0x77f58db refernced memory at 0x000004c30. The memory could not be written."

    and

    "The instruction 0x007d2007 refernced memory at 0x000ad000. The memory could not be read."

    And as soon as I click ok another screen pops up with a 60second countdown & then it restarts & it happens all over again.

    I do not have the restore/recovery discs & my cd drive isn't working anyway. I have had a guy look at it & he said that I would have to restore it with someone elses discs.

    My question is can I use my current Windows registeration number even though I used someone elses recovery disc? Or is it better to just not register it at all?

    And yes, I have it 85% backedup so it's ok that I need to restore it.

    Any help here would be greatly appraciated. Many thanks in advance.

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