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ebowen911
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July 3, 2023
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Illustrator CS 6 activation

  • July 3, 2023
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HELP! I just reformatted my hard drive and now cant activate my CS6 illustrator. Does anyone have a work around [illegal activity removed — this will get you banned if repeated]. I only use legit but it appears if you dont upgrade they are forcing us out! I dont want a subscription!! I like perpetual license!

Correct answer Monika Gause

Hello community,

Does anyone have a work around for this CS6 activation issue?

I cannot even open Illustrator CS6 as the software is claimng too many activations. This is an error possibly caused by a power surge. I previously had been using CS6 on this computer for 2 years (there are no other computers with this license on them.) Said differently: I cannot deactivate the license on another computer because there are no such installations or activations.

  • This issue began either when adobe shut down the activation servers -OR- as a result of a week of mutiple power surges in our area. I am not sure which, as it wasn't discovered immediately
  • I downloaded adobes CC cleaner and tried that and reinstalled. But still cannot past the "retry activation" screen
  • My 2nd question is... If Adobe shut down thier activation servers, how does my CS6 software think there are other activations. How would it keep track of that if there are no servers to down load from?

This never ending loop just does not make and sense.

Please help!


Please refer to this: https://community.adobe.com/t5/download-install-discussions/activation-limit-reached-for-non-subscription-adobe-desktop-applications/td-p/14804413

and this: https://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/invalid-revoked-serial-numbers.html 

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Jacob Bugge
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Jacob BuggeCommunity Expert
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July 3, 2023

ebowen,

 

I believe this still counts (literally):

 

https://community.adobe.com/t5/download-install-discussions/activation-support-to-adjust-your-activation-count/m-p/12125990

 

@Jeffrey_A_Wright  ?

 

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ebowen911Author
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July 3, 2023

I'm not seeing my activations snd was informed the server is no longer available for illustrator perpetual license. 
This email is with regard to downloading Illustrator CS6. I have checked the details and advised, I am sorry to inform as this is an end-of-life product we do not support the same anymore.

I an looking for a way to activate now besides a crack!!

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Bobby HendersonCommunity Expert
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July 3, 2023

That would be news to me if Adobe shut off the activation servers for CS6 generation applications. I have an old CS5.5 Master Collection box. If the CS6 servers are down that must mean the CS5.5 ones are down as well. For some past versions of Creative Suite (such as CS2 and CS3) customers were given access to activation-free versions of the suites they purchased when those activation servers went offline.

It's important to note Creative Suite 6 was released over 11 years ago (May of 2012). Back then Microsoft was still distributing Windows 7. I don't know if CS6 apps can even run properly on Windows 10, much less Win 11. A lot of old software either has to run in old operating systems on old hardware or in a virtual machine within new computing hardware. Running old software on newer Macs can be an even more difficult challenge. Eventually everyone who uses computer software, particularly for work purposes, ends up having to move forward.

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