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Margie98BC
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January 4, 2021
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Adobe X Pro

  • January 4, 2021
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This is probably a long shot, but I had Adobe X Pro on my computer, it was purchased in 2011.  I cannot find the original disks.  I did a free trial of something I thought would help me edit something with more options.  Didn't like it.  It apprarently installed over my older version, and so now it is lost.  Anyway I can download that older version somewhare?

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OzPreston
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January 5, 2021

BEST ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION:  

 

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OzPreston
Inspiring
January 4, 2021

I have my disc for retail UPGRADE version of Acrobat Pro X.  I could possibly burn the disc to an ISO and place the ISO in my OneDrive cloud storage with a share link given to you for download.  You would have to burn the ISO to a DVD disc (which I use Nero for that purpose).  I am not sure if my disc version will accept a full version serial number.  I remember I had to input both my Acrobat Pro 9 full license and my Acro Pro X upgrade license. 

try67
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try67Community Expert
Community Expert
January 4, 2021

It won't work, and I'm not sure doing that would be legal, so I would advise you not to try, or suggest it to others.

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OzPreston
Inspiring
January 5, 2021

I'm talking to you from the year 2021.

Since Adobe's registration servers have undergone several changes and modifications only the latest versions can connect to them. Early versions do not know their new addresses.


JR - So, in 2021, you are saying that if I decided to build a 'retro' W7 PC and wanted to use my retail copy of Acrobat 9 Pro (installed from the original disc), I could not ACTIVATE the 'perpetual' license?  I am sure I could input the license during installation ... but after installation, activation would be the issue since the 2021 Adobe servers will no longer do that???      I don't know about that. I think Acrobat 9 of 2008 predates mandatory activation and is still a pure standalone local PC software.

try67
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try67Community Expert
Community Expert
January 4, 2021

No. Adobe stopped making older installers available, unless they were originally a digital download purchase.

If that's not the case, and if you haven't saved a copy of your installer then you're out of luck.

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OzPreston
Inspiring
January 4, 2021

Yes, Adobe maintains download pages for legacy Acrobat versions as far back as Acrobat 9.   HOWEVER, those download pages are not easy to find.  ALSO, when you reach the download page for an old Acrobat version, you don't get the FINAL version of the old Acrobat version.  What you find is the FULL first version of the old Acro version followed by many updates that take the first version to the final version.  In other words, you will need to download the full first version and all updates, installing them one by one in chronological order of release date (of each update).   If you fail to do the aforementioned, you will likely end up with a buggy old version of Acrobat. 

Here is the link for the secret download page for old Acrobat versions, including ver X:  https://supportdownloads.adobe.com/product.jsp?product=1&platform=Windows

 

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OzPreston
Inspiring
January 4, 2021

PS:  Obviously, if you don't have a copy of your original Acro X perpetual license, the Acro X download will only work in trial mode.  

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