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Adobe CS3 Design Premium download page

Forum|Forum|8 years ago
July 28, 2017
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Hello,

I have tried to download the CS3 installer from the Adobe website, however, this message opens in a new tab:

Your connection is not secure

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esd.adobe.com uses an invalid security certificate.

The certificate is only valid for the following names:

*.akamaized.net, *.akamaihd-staging.net, *.akamaized-staging.net, *.akamaihd.net, a248.e.akamai.net

Error code: SSL_ERROR_BAD_CERT_DOMAIN

I am not given the option to download it despite the message, nor would I want to.

I need to install the product onto a Mac that has no CD drive so using the original installation disc is not an option.

If anyone has a secure solution, I would be very happy to hear it.

Thank you.

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Correct answer kglad

yes, but you don't need it. it's a download manager.

you can bypass it and download cs3 without it.

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ritas3334883

Participant

Hi,

I to am having problems with downloading CS3 premium - says my activation code has expired - have chatted with support 5 different times, followed instructions - unloaded used cc and I am still getting an "You have entered an invalid authorization code. Verify the number, re-enter it, and click activate". BTW when downloading - I do cancel the download of adobe professional as it asks for my disc which is in storage heaven somewhere... I am running windows 10...

Thanks for any help!

Jeffrey_A_Wright

Community Manager

Ritas61838271 please see Resolve "temporary activation expired" error for CS3 and Acrobat 8 which discusses how to resolve the, "Temporary Activation Expired," error message that may occur when reinstalling Creative Suite 3.

If you have any questions regarding any of the steps, listed in the document, then please update this discussion Ritas61838271.

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ritas3334883

Participant

Followed your instructions and everything went well except when I put in the serial number to register it. Once input it says that I could not connect and register, then- option to register later - which I chose. I am wondering if the registration problem will occur later down the road? Other than that I can now open Illustrator. Thank you

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stevenblakesley

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Hello everyone -

I have been unsuccessful in getting the CS3 to install off of the Adobe download link. My CS3 had worked fine until I attempted to load CC as well. So I ran cleaner / cleaned registry / cleaned ProgramData / etc. When I try to run the CS3 install all of the files fail (except flash encoder and shared components) and come up with a red X saying "component install failed" Please help!!!

kglad

Community Expert

you can try using compatibility mode to install but your os is probably not compatible with cs3 and getting it to work, while possible, is probably more trouble than it's worth.

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stevenblakesley

Participant

I am on Windows 7 and ran CS3 on this machine since 2013. It only had an issue when I tried to load CC for a trial version. Now nothing works. Any ideas?

John T Smith

Community Expert

CS3 and Acrobat 8 activation server is retired https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2362726

-includes a link to a special installer and non-activation serial number

jojoamyAuthor

Participant

Thank you for your reply, John T Smith.

I followed your link to the forum post then followed the link posted by Nancy OShea Activation or connection error when starting CS3 or Acrobat 8 I followed the steps and at step number three, I am taken to a page to download Akamai NetSession Interface. I have downloaded this installer as per the instructions but when I open the installer, this message pops up:

Is this process correct? Is it safe to download the application?

kglad

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Community Expert

yes, but you don't need it. it's a download manager.

you can bypass it and download cs3 without it.

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