Illustrator CS3 13.0.2 update failed to install

I HAD THE SAME ERROR.

I DOWNLOADED THE UPDATE DIRECTLY FROM ADOBE.COM TO MY DESKTOP, EXTRACTED IT, AND IT WORKED PERFECTLY.

HERE IS THE LINK:

(http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/thankyou.jsp?ftpID=3717&fileID=3482)

ENJOY!

Adobe is not providing updates for illustrator since 09/04/2007 (ALMOST 3 YEARS AGO!).

Well, I do not like to count all the bugs CS3 have, but I can mention just a few:

All the problems with Adobe Illustrator CS3 are constantly frustrating me and make my job a lot more difficult. Why is CS2 is a lot better than CS3?
Maybe some one can help me to fix all these bugs that I have encountered:
1) Preview does not work.
I cannot understand why AI CS2 can display Preview before you open a document, but is impossible to do it using CS3. I think is a waste of time using a second program just to view a document file. Using Bridge is just a waste of time because display lot of information that you do not need and the view options are so limited.
2) Strokes display incorrectly.
Any stroke under .12 pt is display uneven which makes working with the pen tool frustrating.
3) Pantone Pallette Window.
This window still represents a problem even when you select Persistent option, due to the fact that when you select a PMS color, the selection jumps to the bottom of the list. So you have scroll back up to select the next PMS color.
4) Mesh Tool
The mesh tool works Ok as long as you do not re-size the artwork. If you re-size the artwork everything is distorted. In other words, your work is useless and you just wasted time. I have to use CS2 to solve the problem. That is right, you have to use the OLD version that works better than the new version.
5) Outline Stroke.
If you convert a path into outline, you end up with excessive extra anchor points. Yes, you can reduce the amount of the anchor points by using the Add to Shape Area option on Pathfinder feature. But still is not as good as CS2, and can cost delays on your work.
6) Tiff files
CS3 crashes every time you open or place a tiff file. CS2 did not have this problem.
7) Text Editing
Every time you have a text with indicator ending on the next line without text, it displays the indicator on the second to the last line. This can cost costly mistakes when you are editing text, spacing, etc.
8) Selecting text
If you editing different text sentences, you have to be careful that the programs actually takes the text that you are selecting with the text tool. Some times it takes double click for the program to understand that you are not working with the previous sentence. And sometimes you have to select the Black arrow to click on the text you want to edit and then select the text tool to make the editing. This problem is very annoying.

Well I can keep going but like I said, I will only mention a few of the bugs.

oh and what is this about "update cannot be applied to the product", is there anything that adobe says about the student version disallowing updates? All other applications seem to update just fine.

I'm running (Mac) Leopard, and I've tried everything on this forum. I finally managed to get Acrobat to install an update by deleting all of the auto installed updates. But even when I try to update manually with the dmg from adobe's site (posted above) for AI I still get the error. I've reinstalled Illustrator about 15 times now, I've tried jumping over 13.0.1 straight to 13.0.2 and it won't let me without doing .1 first. As soon as I hit the adobe patch it knocks me out again with the error occurred message. wtf. If anyone can figure this out for mac let me know. And yes I know that there is a mac forum too, but I can't find a similar posting there concerning this issue. Also I love that this thread has been up for nearly two years now and still nothing. Thanks adobe.