is ADOBE PHOTOSHOP fuckin with you?????

greygoose

'that's what she said'
BGOL Investor
i had a problem.
and im sure other people have had the problem.
you run photoshop, and get that dreaded 'License Expired' bullshit.

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here's my assesment on the issue. either one of two things happened:

1-- you let an adobe component access the internet and it dialed adobe. which in turn blacklisted the serial/key that you have.

OR

2-- you had photoshop cs3 beta installed and it had an expiration set for whatever date your photoshop started buggin (meaning you didnt properly uninstall cs3 beta before you installed cs3 final)




the solution?
download the cs3 beta cleanup script. run it at level 2 (which will also clean your adobe acrobat)
re-install photoshop. use your key and you're fine OR use the volume license keygen which WON'T activate photoshop. (either is fine)


COMPLETE steps:


1-uninstall photoshop cs3

2-download the adobe cleanup script tool

http://www.adobe.com/support/contact/cs3clean.html


3-run it at the highest setting (setting #2) make sure you backup your plugins, fonts, presets, etc etc etc because it erases all traces of cs3.

4-shut down your pc. start it again (restart. some pc's dont restart properly. so shut down then turn back pc on)

5- install cs3 phootshop again.

6- use the volume license or the activation keygen.


any questions, concerns, post them here.


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oh yeah. you might have trouble running that cleanup script.
if you do, its because you need this from microsoft.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301



your only other option in all this is to uninstall cs3. then COMPLETELY manually clean up the registry of anything that is related to cs3. the licensing information is on there somewhere



**edit**
IF THAT DOESNT WORK FOR YOU PLEASE SEE
http://www.photoshopsupport.com/photoshop-blog/07/04/photoshop-cs3-install-problems.html

link courtesy thesenator20904
props being the new information superhighway :lol:
it is with support from people like you, that we can keep the internet safe from tyrants like adobe, microsoft and.......the rest of 'em. :lol: :lol:
 
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Riggz

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Good lookin out...I knew you'd come thru...I've been using the cracked exe in the meantime
 

greygoose

'that's what she said'
BGOL Investor
the cracked.exe might be fine. but when you start using all the tools and plugins and stuff there is no guarantee all those lil functions and buttons will work 100%. SO FAR everyone is saying it works perfectly (the cracks out there) so i guess you can stick with it. but if you want the photoshop untouched (no crack) you gotta remove it completely.

just giving you another option just in case. i know this fucked me over today, but i fixed it doing the above.

fuck adobe you cant stop the napster :lol:
 

AristotlesOwn

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So far so good, I haven't had this problem, but it's good to know that you have this covered if it ever does happen.
 

DickDastardly

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I finished downloadin but haven't installed anything yet. Definitely NEVER let that shit connect to the internet!
 

xxironxx

PhD in Trollin
BGOL Investor
DickDastardly said:
I finished downloadin but haven't installed anything yet. Definitely NEVER let that shit connect to the internet!

now i know.. and knowing is 1/2 the battle :lol:
 

xxironxx

PhD in Trollin
BGOL Investor
Hey i just got finishing cleanin cs3 off and re-installing it, it took the serial # but then told me the license had expired what did i do wrong
 

greygoose

'that's what she said'
BGOL Investor
xxironxx said:
Hey i just got finishing cleanin cs3 off and re-installing it, it took the serial # but then told me the license had expired what did i do wrong

how did you "clean" cs3 off?
did you just uninstall it? did you use the script tool?
did you reboot?
 

greygoose

'that's what she said'
BGOL Investor
DickDastardly said:
I finished downloadin but haven't installed anything yet. Definitely NEVER let that shit connect to the internet!

in theory, if you use the volume license keygen it should be able to get adobe updates.

but you know ME......i dont risk trying that shit. its a headache to uninstall...and clean and reboot..... :lol:


but peeps been sayin you can get updates using that volume license keygen i dropped. :confused: ionno :lol:
 

Baldhead_Digital

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BGOL Investor
I tried CS3 but I'm sticking with cs2 for now. I have add ons and filter packs from way back ( PS 4.5) that just won't be accepted by CS3. To be honest, I'm thinking of rolling back to PS6. I figure with the Processing power of a new machine that might work even better. PS 6 was written for dual processors in mind, I think the a dual core OS like WXPP, or Vista should work it well ( If PS wll run on vista or XP). Any body got any input?
 

greygoose

'that's what she said'
BGOL Investor
you're thinking about it all wrong homie.

the difference between ps6 and cs3 is not in processing power. think about it. do you think between ps6 and cs3 all they did was improve on the processing power? or the amount of power needed to run the program? come on dawg.....

that's like saying the only difference between windows xp and windows 98 is that you need a powerful processor to run windows xp.

i would NEVER go back to anything below cs2. and i suggest you dont either. but then again you talking like you dont really use photoshop anyway so do what you gotta do.
 

greygoose

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BGOL Investor
xxironxx said:
yeah i used the script tool

if you uninstalled cs3. used script tool. used it at level 2. shut down pc. turn it back on..and its still buggin? then you need to clean your registry. both manually and using somthing like tune-up utilities.....although im assuming you missed a step....but its time to hit the heavy duty red button.

after running the script tool, what i just saw (i just did it again) is there is still folders for PHOTOSHOP 10 (also known as cs3) in the registry.
look in:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER /SOFTWARE/ADOBE/PHOTOSHOP/10.0

also look in:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE /SOFTWARE/ADOBE/PHOTOSHOP/10.0

also look in:

HKEY_USERS /
and in all them boxes look for /SOFTWARE/ADOBE
(you'll probably see folders like S-1-5-18
the one i found it in was
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1390067357-1844237615-839522115-1003
)

i deleted any folder that said 10.0 under all the /PHOTOSHOP folders.

back up the registry. if you know what you're doing you should be fine, but since peeps been makin mistakes thus far......this is not for the weak at heart. i just deleted all them joints, installed photoshop AGAIN and its running fine. but that's ME.

again, not for the weak at heart so back up your registry.
 

greygoose

'that's what she said'
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DickDastardly said:
I finished downloadin but haven't installed anything yet. Definitely NEVER let that shit connect to the internet!

in theory...if yoiu install and activate photoshop you should be able to get updates with no problems. as long as you DONT REGISTER you should be able to get updates straight from adobe.

i will personally test this theory and see whats up. someone just put me on to that. i'll take a few days and test it see whats up
 
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