Installing CS6 on Windows 7 64bit?

Report · Jul 04, 2014

Hi all, I just wanted to confirm with an Adobe staff member that I should have no problems with installing CS6 Design & Web Premium on Windows 7 64bit OS (HP Core i5). We are having our computers upgraded in the office from Windows XP and our tech supplier would feel more comfortable buying the new machines if he had assurance that the software will be compatible. A few questions here:

System requirements says Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 on the back of the box, is this something he has to take special note of?
It says 3 installations are allowed. Will this new PC count as my second installation? Or can I transfer my first installation from my old PC somehow?
I'm not sure what the difference is between 32bit and 64bit. Will I be able to open my old CS files from Windows XP on Windows 7 without any problems?

Many thanks for the help!

Report · Jul 04, 2014

Hi,

Cs6 applications are compatible with windows 7 64 bit computer.

Thank You

Arjun

Report · Jul 04, 2014

Hi adobeuser1985,

1. Yes you need to install SP1 on Windows 7 as it is the tested environment for CS6 Design and Web Premium

2. Yes this PC will be counted as 2nd unless you deactivate the first. It's always recommended to deactivate the software first before upgrading the OS or installiang the software on anew computer else it will increase the activation count.

Once you deactivate the software, and install it on a new PC, the install will then be still referred as 1st installation.

Please check : http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/activation-deactivation-products.html

3. Some software's of the Suite such as Indesign CS6 and Illustrator CS6 require 64 Bit OS and so will not run on 32 Bit PC

The terms 32-bit and 64-bit refer to the way a computer's processor (also called a CPU), handles information. The 64-bit version of Windows handles large amounts of random access memory (RAM) more effectively than a 32-bit system.

Let me know if you have any more queries.

Regards,

Rave

Report · Jul 04, 2014

Thanks a lot for the feedback Rave.

2. Great I will look into deactivating before installing on the new PC then.

3. That's interesting because I'm running 32bit Windows XP at the moment and haven't had any problems with Illustrator or InDesign CS6. Was that just pure luck? So basically CS6 is fine on Windows 7 as long as Service Pack 1 is installed too?