Activate CS2/CS3 [CS2 & CS3 ARE DEAD, LOCKED]

[MichaelDengTW]

I was referred to this Forum by a Adobe hotline staff hoping to find a solution here. The problem I have is re-registering my Adobe products after changing a hard drive in my laptop.  CS2 and CS3 were purchased from a vendor at a computer trade show in Taiwan. At the time, they offered CS3 bundled with CS2(I still have the documents and the product in its original boxes/CD to proved my purchase). As I am an occasional user of CS, I don't keep track of news from the Adobe media. Naively, thinking that it is a retail license, and should be able to use it indefinitely. So, I am shock to learn Adobe have stop all licensing of the product and support. I was told this forum is official and will help me out of the mud. So, any help will be appreciated.

Thank You.

[AxelMatt · Accepted solution]

Sorry, but we can't help. Adobe has shutdown the activation servers some years ago. You can't activate CS - CS3 products anymore. This are dead products.

BTW: This is an official forum. Most of the members they are active here are normal user as you are.

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