Deactivating but not letting me reactivate

[jane-e]

The activation servers for CS3 have been shut down by Adobe. You will not be able to activate it.

"Creative Suite 2 and 3: You can no longer reinstall Creative Suite 2 or 3 even if you have the original installation disks. The aging activation servers for those apps had to be retired."

https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite.html

~ Jane

[StevenB84B]

Thanks! Sad, but mostly angry with what some software companies like Adobe are doing to disable perfectly fine programs that I paid for, to force me to buy their new more costly upgrades. I don't need AI enough to justify the cost of a new version. Did a bunch of looking and just bought a copy or Affinity Designer for $25 (1/2 off sale) and it seems perfect for my needs. Very impressed with the value considering I would rate it 95% as capable as Illustrator and it has a very intuitive user interface. BTW, I have no connection with Affinity other than as a customer.