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markw92963157
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February 16, 2017
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Macromedia Studio 8 activation

  • February 16, 2017
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I installed a brand new MacroMedia Studio 8 package a fortnight ago. But I have had problems activating it. It did not seem to activate properly when I initially tried, saying something like it would activate when I was next online (although I was online at the time). I have been using the Dreamweaver software for the past fortnight, but now does not work, and throws up a "Macromedia Product Activation" message box. I have just been told by Adobe support that Studio 8 is an "older version product", and suggested that I post here so that Adobe's experts can help. What can I do to activate the Studio 8 package or to get it working?

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    kingg26983318
    New Participant
    September 20, 2018

    I just activated my copy of macromedia studio 8.  with windows 10 compatibility settings.  didn't try it without because its old.  The date is   9/20/2018   it too received the message that the product would activate next time I got online.  But I didn't need that.  It instantly activated

    Nancy OShea
    Nancy OShea
    Brainiac
    February 16, 2017

    Brand new?  Where did you find this relic?   Macromedia has not existed since 2005 when Adobe acquired it.

    The activation servers were taken offline years ago.

    Which operating system do you have?

    Nancy

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User, Community Expert & Moderator
    Jon Fritz
    Jon Fritz
    Brainiac
    February 16, 2017

    The old Macromedia activation servers are long, long gone.

    Which version of DW came with Studio 8?

    Nancy OShea
    Nancy OShea
    Brainiac
    February 16, 2017

    It's CS2 / Dreamweaver 8

    "Activation server unavailable" error in Adobe CS2, Acrobat 7, and Audition 3

    But as we both know, this will never work on a modern Mac.  And it may or may not work on Win10.  It's too old.

    Nancy

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User, Community Expert & Moderator
    Jon Fritz
    Jon Fritz
    Brainiac
    February 16, 2017

    I can still see it.   You have to download your language & platform version.  Use the serial numbers supplied on the download page.  It won't work with the old serial number.

    Download Adobe Acrobat 7 and Adobe Creative Suite 2 products

    Nancy


    Fairly interesting...

    I have the same link, without the ?promoid=19SCDRQK at the end of it and it redirects to the CC Download page.

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