- VistaLoader and Paradox gone!
The day has come, it is over the happy Vista cracking era, and no it is not Microsoft it is a 3rd party security software.
Several user have reported that ZoneAlarm 7.1 did disable their Vista crack, the news are fresh and we can only speculate what is the reason for it. What we know is that Paradox and Vistaloader did not work anymore after installation of ZA.
ZoneAlram installs an unofficial Vista update during the installation, could that be the reason? Or is it just coincidence?
Read more at the forum
sj
3 June 07 - Update: How to fix it!
dvdrw1024 Hi There.
I had the same problem. It seems that installing various software involving system drivers removes the OEM activation. Anti-virus and firewall applications are the primary offenders.
After re-installing Vista for many times I found out what is the problem….
It’s a Vista BUG 
!!!!!!! fixed by the following windows update:
“KB931573 Install this update to resolve an issue where you may be prompted to activate a pre-installed copy of Windows Vista. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.”
Many users of this forum warned not to use this update so I always left it out. It was a big mistake. If you update Vista with this update and then use the activation toolkit it won’t ever deactivate.
Hope I’ve helped
July 2nd, 2007 at 12:16 pm
I wouldn’t use ZA even if they paid me to. This is only one more reason why this software is crap to begin with.
July 2nd, 2007 at 12:50 pm
Whats worrying about that is M$ can pick up on this and use it to kill the SLIC Emulator Hack.
July 3rd, 2007 at 2:30 am
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July 3rd, 2007 at 9:29 am
I reckon its because it picks it up as a hack or something
July 3rd, 2007 at 10:20 am
As long as Vistaloader is concerned this is bullshit. I just installed ZoneAlarm 7.1 on Vista Ultimate x86 on VirtualPC and it remains activated as before. It boots using Vistaloader 2.1.2 (Vista activator 2.1.2.1.2).
July 3rd, 2007 at 11:33 am
too bad,it was always one of the best AV+FW suites out there…now it’s crap…i imagine their sales are gonna run low now!
July 3rd, 2007 at 8:43 pm
why would their sales fall
a person not buying genuine vista would definitely not buy genuine za
July 3rd, 2007 at 11:10 pm
It’s not really Zone Alarm — it’s a bug in Windows Vista that is triggered by ZA (and other programs). Do a search for “KB931573″ and Microsoft says this:
CAUSE
This problem may occur because a specific system setting is removed when a program runs with administrative credentials. The removal of this system setting may cause a BIOS validation check to fail. The BIOS validation check is part of the system activation process. Therefore, you may be prompted to activate Windows Vista, even though the system did not previously require activation. For example, this problem is known to occur when you use Intuit QuickBooks 2007. However, this problem may also infrequently occur when you install other programs or device drivers.
Note This problem does not occur because of an issue in the installed program or device driver. This problem is caused by a system problem in Windows Vista.
If you install KB931573 it supposedly fixes the problem
July 5th, 2007 at 2:49 am
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July 5th, 2007 at 7:23 am
@Joseph Fieber
thanks,…
July 5th, 2007 at 9:31 pm
@ Heywood Jablowme which part of your arse are you talking out of ???.
July 22nd, 2007 at 5:25 am
I don’t know what all you people are complaining about. It’s a freken hacked version of Vista and yes, you will have problems for as long as you run an illegal copy of Vista…. Want problem free software? Get a legit copy and Pay for it, even though MS can’t ever fix their mess in the first place.
Now if MS made the operating software affordable around 50 bucks, then we all will see less pirating of such software.
On another note:
As for corporate losing their data due to theft from people hacking into their systems, once again, what operating software are they using? Hmmmm is it something created by MS? People should not sue the corporate, people should sue MS for making, publishing and releasing faulty operating systems that can be easily hacked.
Any questions? Ask MS, they have the answer to everything….. NOT!
As for ZA, it works for a cirtain extent, just wish they fix the “True Vector” problem or eliminate it completly because it dont do anything for me except crashing the firewall to a complete halt.
August 21st, 2007 at 1:49 pm
Back to the drawing board boys. I can not find any of the files that people are putting on here for me to delete and there for the keys that are above are not working at all. When i am not connected to the internet i was able to get one of them to work and then as soon as i went on the net bam back to the this version has expired. Any help for looking for the files that i have to delete i have tried the search and can not find them at all.
Other wise has any one found a key that works need one bad. Thanks for your help
October 26th, 2007 at 1:05 am
Just instal KB931573 , you don`t need unistal Paradox or KB929547 just download from MS and instal,that take long time to instal its natural. Thanks to
Heywood Jablowme
February 3rd, 2008 at 1:03 am
Lol!!!
Okay now that this issue has been resolved,
change the bloody topic…
And just a Question..
Does ZA really do a very good job as internet security?
Because i seriously think bitdefender does alot better job!!!