Dreamweaver CS3 registration fails

[lawrenceb98280762]

I have an old version of Dreamweaver CS3 which I installed on a Windows XP system and registered. All went well. Last summer I purchased a new system and installed DW on it. I had an activation or registration issue, can't recall which, but through a telephone session was able to get it working.

Just a couple weeks ago it gave me a warning that I needed to register it. I started it and selected Help > Registration. (The Activate menu item was grayed out, showing it is still activated.) I get the message that it cannot connect to the Internet. I'm always connected, and DW can upload and download files, so it's something other than a connectivity issue. I'm given 3 options: Never Register, Register Later, and Register Now. Register Now gives the same error, and I don't want to use Never Register in case that invalidates my action. I clicked Register Later and was able to use it. Below my sig is a screenshot of the error message.

I'm concerned that I'm now just on a trial period and this will stop working later on.

Q1: Is this a problem I need to fix? That is, if I do nothing, can I continue to use DW for the life of my system? If this needs fixing, see Q2.

Q2: How to I register this product? I registered it once before, from teh old system; I hope this hasn't caused a problem. Cannot use old system, btw, so deactivating it from there isn't an option. Activation seems to have worked last time I tried, though; it's just the registration that's a problem.

I still have the original box and CD, if that helps.

Larry

[Jeffrey_A_Wright · Accepted solution]

Larry the registration server for Creative Suite 3 was shut down a long time ago after the ability to register the software on http://www.adobe.com/ was added.  The error message you posted is not related to activation Creative Suite 3.  If you click on Never Register you should no longer receive this prompt.  You can find information on how to locate, and register, any Adobe software titles at Find your serial number​.

You can find more information regarding the activation process for Dreamweaver CS3 at Activate and deactivate Adobe products​.

In addition Larry, I would recommend bookmarking Download Adobe Creative Suite 3 products if you need to download and install Creative Suite 3 on another computer in the future.