Activate CS3 [CS3 is dead]

[andread70607082]

My first hard drive and later my old PC died, how to activate Creative Suite 3?

[Ned Murphy]

If the problem is that your two activations are tied up with inaccessible installations then you should contact Adobe Support thru chat and ask them to reset your activations.  If that is not the problem then you need to provide more detailed information explaining what the problem is.

For the link below click the Still Need Help? option in the blue area at the bottom and choose the chat option...
Make sure you are logged in to the Adobe site, have cookies enabled, clear your cookie cache.  If it fails to connect try using a different browser.

Serial number and activation chat support (non-CC)
https://helpx.adobe.com/contact.html?step=PHSP-PHXS_downloading-installing-setting-up_licensing-acti...

[Nancy OShea · Accepted solution]

It's now 2020.  As an update, CS3 activation servers are gone.  And Adobe ended access to activation-free installers and replacement serial numbers.  Customer Care agents cannot help with this matter.  CS3 is officially dead.

If you never upgrade your computer or OS, you could potentially keep using CS3 for another 12+ years.  But I'm sorry to say that installation and activation are no longer an option.