Best way to remove the various Vista Boot Activation Cracks

[jeffnoone]

My memory isnt exact for what I did several months ago, but I believe I installed "vistaloader_2.1.2", which worked

I believe I also tried "VistaActivationCrackSetup 2.1.2.1" on the same drive, but seemed to work less well

Now I would like to uninstall both

vistaloader_2.1.2 has an DOS-like uninstall command, which I tried but not sure if I had admin privileges

VistaActivationCrackSetup 2.1.2.1 has no obvious uninstall routine

I also tried th uninstall feature of "voatktoolsv.2.0", but this didn't seem to do the job
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Some questions, bearing in mind that I am happy to entirely reformat the drive, if this will do the job:

How can I tell if I have any of these boot commands left in place?

Can I use an XP tool like FixMBR to get rid of any boot commands like these?

If I do re-format the drive (say using format command in Windows, when this particular drive is installed as a second drive), will a reformat clean or reset the boot sector?

Best way to clean/reset boot sector, even if it means all data is destroyed?

Thanks for your input

[vdesai]

Mybe try the start up utility on vista CD if not then try the VOATK utility (http://keznews.com/2883_VOATK_TOOLS_V2_0_Final)

[DAz999]

Try voatktoolsv.2.2 from keznews, it works now

[FreeStyler]

format c:\ ? :)

[Evil Monkey]

I used the vista install cd in repair mode.
Ran bootrec /fixmbr and bootrec /fixboot

[sabrehawk]

These tools DO NOT WORK.

Why?

Cause they CANNOT remove:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\ LEGACY_TIMERSTOP

This is NOT possible.

You also cannot change credentials/rights as admin on this
registry key.

Great huh?

All that the tool does is running a script to remove certain registry
entries and ask for yes or no, on my german system it fucks up
completely. It keeps running FOREVER not doing anything but spammin
text in the dosbox asking for J or N ...and u CANT interfere with the
process besides stopping it with CTRL - C.
What a piece of junk is this.

UAC is disabled and i have admin priv.


will now try to use it under SAFE MODE

[hubert]

Same here on a french vista. Keeps asking yes or No, just have to kill the task (VOATK 2.5)

[thezman]

so does the vista loader uninstall really work then ??

[StefanG]

Download and run VistaBootPRO program.

[crazyPC]

You might want to try this to disable it -
How to remove the "OEM driver activation" exploit and the "grace timer activation" exploit from a Windows Vista-based computer (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948253)

This article talks about How to remove the "OEM driver activation" exploit and the "grace timer activation" exploit from a Windows Vista-based computer

For vistaloader here are some ways of uninstalling it:

Uninstall VistaLoader (http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/03/10/manual-uninstallation-of-oem-bios-loader-emu-vista-loader-or-softmod-windows-vista-crack/)