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March 27, 2024
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Photoshop CS disc replacement

  • March 27, 2024
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After almost 20-years, I was finally going to read the manual and learn how to use Photoshop CS. When I went into our store room, I located the CS box but the jewel case with the two DVDs (or CDs, I do not remember the media) were not there. I have searched everywhere without success. I have the box and the manual, but I have lost the discs. How can I get replacement discs for my Photoshop CS? It appears that all of my registered products; Photoshop CS, Dreamweaver, and at least two more, have been deleted from my account. After all this time I can understand that but it is frustrating. Back to my problem. How can I get replacement discs for the two Photoshop CS discs that I lost?

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Correct answer D Fosse

The question is moot now. It can't be activated anymore.

 

The activation servers for all the old versions up to and including CS4 have been permanently shut down.

 

Of the Creative Suite editions only CS5 and CS6 are still in service, but nobody knows for how long.

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Jeff Arola
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Community Expert
March 27, 2024

Photoshop CS (ps ver 😎 on the Windows side required activation while Photoshop CS on the Mac side did not.

Activation on the Mac side started with CS2.

Legend
March 27, 2024

Maybe that's why I remember it. I'm a Mac user.

Legend
March 27, 2024

AFAIK, CS1 did not require activation, that was not in place until CS2. You should just need a valid serial number. Understand that CS1 is FAR out of support and may not even run on a modern OS (it will NOT work on current or even older Macs, and might not work on anything past Windows XP, for example.)

D Fosse
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Community Expert
March 27, 2024

CS was the first to require activation. That's why so many used v7 for so long.

Legend
March 27, 2024

Figures. I couldn't remember, I had Photoshop 7 and CS1 but that was a looooong time ago.

Ged_Traynor
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March 27, 2024

@William23799926s38x there's nowhere to get the disc any longer, CS has been out of support for an extremely long time

Participant
March 27, 2024
That means that I must tear the house apart and hope that the lost discs are somewhere that I do not know about! ☹
D Fosse
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March 27, 2024

@William23799926s38x  

Did you read my post? Even if you find the discs you can't activate it. It won't work.

D Fosse
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D FosseCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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March 27, 2024

The question is moot now. It can't be activated anymore.

 

The activation servers for all the old versions up to and including CS4 have been permanently shut down.

 

Of the Creative Suite editions only CS5 and CS6 are still in service, but nobody knows for how long.