Been running CS2 for years on Windows 10. Running it right now. Never got much support from Adobe anyway, so that was never an issue. I don't expect it to run for much longer. I have CC running as needed.

But everything does work. The only issue is that on high rez screens, Adobe's dialog boxes, etc, were poorly implemented so the font is small. But enterprising people have even worked out registry hacks to fix that.

At the end of the day, if Adobe made a non-subscription product and worried more about fixing bugs and making things run better, all of this would be moot.

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Lumigraphics

Legend

So IOW it doesn't work right in all use cases. LMAO...

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rjones1138

Participating Frequently

I see a lot of these threads locked. But CS2 runs just fine on Windows 10 and way way way way way faster than any of the new cloud apps. I have been using Photoshop since before version 1.0. I have hand written 3.5 floppies in John Knoll's own hand somewhere in my basement.

And have used Illustrator since 1.1.

The cloud just keeps getting worse. Slow, buggy, crash prone.

I have recently begun the curve to other apps. Adobe is just too big and too slow to react to be good for my needs anymore.

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

You resurrected a 7 yr old topic. 🙄

If you're still using CS2, it's a legacy build that was grandfathered in. Or not legal software. In any case, I couldn't use it. CS2 is way too obsolete for what I do. CS2 can't hold a feather to modern software with artificial intelligence. But it takes ample resources. An older, underpowered computer can't cut it.

https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/system-requirements.html

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

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rjones1138

Participating Frequently

Yes, but had to let people know that they can in fact use older CS versions if it works for them. I use CS2 when I need to have everything work fast, and Creative Cloud when I need newer features (which is very rare). My designers all are very disappointed in Creative Cloud bugs and performance. Very slow. I provided benchmarks recently to an Adobe person who called us (we have many licenses of CC) and they were shocked at how much faster older versions are. You don't need AI to hit the keys for New File and Paste. Used to be fast. Now sloooooooooow. Anyway, hopefully a future release of CC will focus on optimization and performance rather than feature additions. And by the way, the reason there are now so many competitors to Adobe - Topaz, Affinity and more - is because people are looking for something better. Anyway, I'm pulling for Adobe but a very disatisfied customer, one that had been loyal since 1984. I won't be contributing to this or any other thread. Good luck with all your projects.