Reinstalling CS3 on Win10 [CS3 is dead & gone, locked]

[johnhardy10]

I have installed windows 10 on my old PC

I have now installed Adobe cs3 but none of the applications will open.

Last time I installed I made notes of my serial numbers so have those to hand.

When I try to open an application from cs3 it does not open at all.

Can you please advise me how to get my beloved cs3 working again

Many thanks

John Hardy

[pziecina · Accepted solution]

Please take a look at Nancy's post, (no 3) in this discussion -

https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2404687

Also please read the information in the link provided in that post.

[johnhardy10]

Many thanks for the advice, I will study this and see how I get on.

Cheers

John

[james01bond]

I have been facing the same problem right after updating the Windows. I had a major problem with two things one I had a to Reinstalling cs3 on windows 10 and second is Windows Activation Error Code 0x80072F8F and I was unable to fix the error and had gone through one of the thread for the fixing the error. 

[ROD11]

I have tried to reactivate my CS3 on a new Laptop,  but because CS3 is OLD, the servers have been shut down. Any suggestions on how to by pass activation. Really not inbterested in upgarde pat.

Cheers

[Nancy OShea · Accepted solution]

No. It's 2020 now. This discussion from 2017 is out of date.  CS3 is officially dead and gone now. 

The activation servers are retired.  Adobe discontinued support and removed the opportunity to obtain a replacement installer and serial number.  

I shouldn't have to remind anyone that CS3 is sorely outdated for web authoring.  Nobody should use it for production work.  You really do need a modern replacement.

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