HELP! Why am I getting HTTP ERROR: 404 when trying to download CS3?

[DrCT]

I am trying to download CS3 Design Premium from Adobe because I lost my installation discs and need to reinstall.

The link to download CS3 Design Premium English is broken and gives the following error:

HTTP ERROR: 404 /support/downloads/dlm/main.jsp

RequestURI=/support/downloads/dlm/main.jsp

Any help out there?

[kglad]

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[Ned Murphy]

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[NTLOS]

This worked for me:

1) Goto the link to download your product.  COPY the link to a text program somewhere.  For example, for Photoshop CS3:http://esd.adobe.com/Applications/Photoshop/CS3/Mac/ADBEPHSPCS3_WWE.dmg.

2) Now click the link, in an attempt to download.

3) When you get the error message, paste the link you copied into the URL but DON'T hit enter or navigate to it yet.

4) Change the link to the Trials2 url. For example: http://trials2.adobe.com/dlm/Applications/Photoshop/Mac/ADBEPHSPCS3_WWE.dmg

You are essentially changing the "esd" to "trials2" and adding "/dlm" before "Applications".  This worked for me!

I could not go to the link directly, and if I paused the download and restarted, it said I didn't have permission.  It appears to have to goto the error message screen FIRST, then paste in the modified download link and you should be good to go!

Incidentally, this file appears to be the same file linked to from:

http://prodesigntools.com/download-adobe-cs4-and-cs3-free-trials-here.html