- 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?
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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