How to reinstall Photoshop 7.0

[DavidDundas]

I have migrated from Windows XP to 7 SP3 and need to reinstall Photoshop 7.0.The serial number that came with it, is declared as invalid.   Please advise

[Jeffrey_A_Wright]

DavidDundas are you doing a clean installation of Photoshop 7.0?  Did you migrate over any files/settings/applications to your new computer?

I would also recommend reviewing your account to verify the Photoshop 7.0 serial number you are using is valid.  You can find more details at Find your serial number quickly - http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/find-serial-number.html.

[MichaelKazlow]

Photoshop 7 is ancient software predating the Creative Suite. It is not Windows 7 compatible.

[Phoshop 7.0 Virus issues]

I have been running Photoshop 7.0 since it came out on all Windows operating systems up until Windows 7.0.  It runs great on all each version.

[DavidDundas · Accepted solution]

Hi Jeff and Michael.  I did a clean install of Windows 7 without migration of settings.  I had my SSD partitioned with all the data files on d: so I installed a second SSD and copied them all across to the new drive and renamed the drives so the new one became d:.

I did this to have all the space available on the first SSD to allow Windows 7 plenty of room to install.

Apparently I could run Photoshop 7.0 in the windows XP mode of Windows 7, but to do this, according to MS, my PC processor has to have Hardware-assisted virtualization (HAV) capability.  MS has a tool havdetectiontool.exe to download to test it, which I have done and unfortunately my PC processor is not up to it, so no Photoshop 7.0 on this one.

Thanks for your help

[Jeffrey_A_Wright]

Oh thanks for the update DavidDundas.

As an alternative you may want to look at Photoshop Elements 12.  Many of the features which are available in Photoshop 7.0 have been introduced into Photoshop Elements.  You can find more details at http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-elements.html.

[DavidDundas]

Jeff.  I use Photoshop for more than just editing photos, so I need the full functionality of Photoshop 7.0.

Since my last post, I have decided to invest in a new PC that will be able to run Photoshop 7.0 in XP mode; whilst this will be more expensive than CS6 version, it will also handle other hardware problems that the old PC has