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_Aaron_Candelaria_
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March 16, 2009
Answered

Error Code 148:3 - Photoshop CS4 for Windows

  • March 16, 2009
  • 18 replies
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I have a message that comes up whenever I try to open Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended.

"Licensing for this product has stopped working.

This product has encountered a problem which requires that you restart your computer before it can be launched

If you continue to see this message after restarting your computer, please contact either your IT administrator or Adobe technical support for help, and mention the error code shown at the bottom of this screen.

Error 148:3

http://www.adobe.com/support"

I restarted several times but I still get the error. How do I fix this?

    Correct answer wssparky

    I dont know if you fixed it yet but this is what I did to fix the same problem.

    The repair tool from Adobe worked great.

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

    18 replies

    jimb29714230
    jimb29714230
    Participant
    May 31, 2016

    Thanks.  Will try it and report back.

    jimb29714230
    jimb29714230
    Participant
    June 1, 2016

    the JT Smith methos did not work at all - tried twice and rebooted each time - no efrfect.

    Tried the http://www.adobe.com/go/kb405970  link and solution number 2.  Worked a treat.  The FLEXnet had been disabled on both the 32 and 64 bit versions so I made them manual and it worked well.

    Many thanks.

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    cbarrier
    Participant
    March 8, 2012

    I have downloaded the repair tool, but I must be doing something wrong, I am still getting the error code. Can someone help me? I guess I need step by step instructions on how to run this tool after I have downloaded it.

    J
    junior mx-er
    Participant
    March 8, 2012

    You didn't provide any detail. Can one assume you extracted the files and then ran the main one after you downloaded?

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Compress-and-uncompress-files-zip-files

    C
    cbarrier
    Participant
    March 9, 2012

    Yes I did download and extract the file, but could not get it to work. I then went to control panel remove or repair and selected repair. That worked, I had to use the install disk, but Photoshop is now working.

    Thank You for your response.

    G
    Grey Guru
    Participant
    December 11, 2011

    I also owe my thanks to wssparky. It was only afterwards that I found extra posts pointing the finger at FLEXNet Licensing services. I cleaned out a bunch of start-up programs and didn't recognise this program or publisher. For the record I was using autoruns from Microsoft's sysinternals, but any tool that lets you stop certain start-up programs at boot time would have done the same.

    I had suspected something to do with start-ups, so I went back and checked every line with the word Adobe in it, but I still got the "licensing" problem after re-boots.

    Finally, the Adobe licencing tool mentioned by wssparky fixed the problem, but it would certainly be nice if the word Adobe had been used somewhere instead of "FLEXNet", then I might not have wasted so much time.

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    Anonymous
    July 26, 2011

    While those who feel you should contact support, it appears support has sent us (receiving Error 148:3) to them. Apparently, they want you to pay to get some help. I sympathize because I'm in the same situation and seem to be getting the preverbial run around. Maybe someone out there is not looking to charge for assisting us who need help.

    Z
    Zeltig
    Participant
    November 4, 2010

    Although I know it will not solve all the problems, and it will definitely not fixed the problem if there are underlining causes. These cause can be many, too many to list. The usual culprit for this error is the 'FLEXnet Licensing Service' has been disabled or has been stopped.

    To fix this, on windows, simply go to your services menu and re-enable it.

    StartMenu >> Run.. >> 'services.msc' >> 'Hit Enter'

    Scroll Down and look for 'FLEXnet Licensing Service'. Double click, 'enable' the service, then 'start' the service. Select whether you want it to start automatically or manual.

    If you continue to have this problem, then there is another program interfering with it, and more in depth analysis is needed.

    This may not 'Fix' your problem, but it is a good place to start.

    As well as it may get your Adobe program working for a bit, just enough to finish that project.

    Cheers.

    G
    GrootLensDude
    Participant
    October 11, 2010

    Here is a link to another solution that works perfectly without having to download anything - http://jaredheinrichs.com/photoshop-cs4-error-1483.html

    It's really strange, I never had this problem with a hacked version of photoshop, when my business went big and I could afford Photoshop I bought it to have a legal copy, new computer new installation and I started having problems, maybe Adobe should get hackers to RE-PROGRAM their faulty apps to actually work..

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    Anonymous
    October 11, 2010

    Using stolen software to make your business sucessful?

    You must have skipped class when they taught that part in business ethics.

    G
    GrootLensDude
    Participant
    October 11, 2010

    Thank you for misreading what I actually wrote and so says someone who most likely lives in the good ol USA and who benefits from her good fortune. Try living in poverty where you make no money while trying to be honest, it just doesn't work that way my friend. At least I ended up actually buying the software when I could (while almost going bankrupt in the process) and unfortunately I would not say that I have reached a level of success that you speak of, maybe one day. Not to mention that Adobe hikes up proces if you don't live in the US. Lightroom cost us $50 more that you would pay.

    My actual rant was that bought software is usually buggy vs hacked software, no that's a sad fact.

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    Anonymous
    August 12, 2010

    I also had the 148:3 error with Acrobat Pro 9 on a terminal server

    and found that the Flexnet service wasn't running. Started it again and now Pro

    works fine. Thanks to TC4444 and dwjak30 for steering me in the right

    direction.

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    anton20032002
    Participating Frequently
    October 4, 2010

    Hi to all,

    I face the same problem with Error Code (148:3) and I installed it on Windows 7 , 32-bit Operating system.

    Please help!

    Anton

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    Anonymous
    October 5, 2010

    Did you run the program at the link from wssparky?

    D
    dwjak30
    Participant
    July 11, 2010

    I have recently been cleaning up some of the programs in my computer in the hopes of getting it to load faster (bad idea for me). Photoshop was giving me the error message 148:3 and telling me to restart the computer. After reading these posts, I realized I had unchecked several startup services, one of which was FLEXnet Licensing service. When I rechecked this service and restarted the computer, Photoshop started without the error message. Problem solved - thanks to some of you on this forum!

    J
    junior mx-er
    Participant
    March 10, 2010

    Thank you wsssparky!  I too had the problem (because of a problem yesterday another company's support had me clean up all the hidden startup programs in msconfig).

    All I had was the mysterious 148:3 with the error asking me to restart the machine! (Thanks--that's 5 min. down the drain.)

    Ran the licenserecover program and restarted Dreamweaver CS4.  Perfect!

    T
    tc4444
    Participant
    March 3, 2010

    I know you might well have solved this by now, but for any one els this

    is is how i solved this problem on windows xp sp3 using indesign cs4

    got to start on bottom of screen, then click on run, enter service.msc

    on the list that now opens goto the line "flexnet licensing service" double click to open - make sure that the startup type is set to manual. then apply this and close. after i did this i could start indesign OK.

    I know this is a forum and not tech support , but when you get lost around these sites like me, then like tesco, "every little helps"

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    Anonymous
    March 3, 2010

    I'll try this. Thanks!

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