CS2 Illustrator no longer able to be activated

[chrisr84132494]

Hello, When I tried to open my very old copy of CS2 AI yesterday for the first time in a really long time, I ran into the 'activation end of life' problem. I've tried to follow the suggestions at 

https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator/adobe-illustrator-cs2-activation/m-p/8287255?page=1#M2577...

as suggested by John T Smith at

http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/creative-suite-2-activation-end-life.html

as well as Larry Schnieder at

Download Adobe Acrobat 7 and Adobe Creative Suite 2 products

but, like the correspondents on that post, I can't even see AI let alone find a download page and serial number. I note that that post is now 4 years old, is there anythnig I can do? I only use this program to check files before sending them to printers.

Thanks

[Monika Gause]

The CS2 download is no longer active.

In case you bought it as a digital download from Adobe (don't know if that was possible back then), you could try if there's a link to download in your Adobe account.

[chrisr84132494]

My CS2 was actually an upgrade from 10, that's how long ago I bought it! So, sadly, I have only CD's, books and serial numbers. In my searching yesterday I did get into something that asked me for my Adobe account....didn't know I had one, if I did register it was so long ago that I've got no idea of username, password or even what email I would have used.

[Monika Gause]

Yes, I know. It must have been 15 years ago.

You can try Customer Care, but probably not even they can give it to you. CS2 has been terminated.

[Rishabh_Tiwari]

Hi Chris,

Thanks for reaching out. As suggested by Monika, CS2 download is no longer available. For more information, you can refer to this article: https://helpx.adobe.com/support/programs/support-periods.html

Regards

Rishabh

[chrisr84132494]

Hi Rishabh,

Thanks for the reply. I understand that the download is no longer available but I did'n actually want a download, or anything else for that matter, from Adobe. All I wanted was for them to NOT cut off access to my long-ago-paid-for program. I'm sure there are good reasons for the occassional activation check and equally good reasons for closing off access to online things but, again, I don't/didn't want anything online, I just wanted ADOBE to not cut off my access to my program on my computer.

Cheers

Chris

[Jacob Bugge]

Chris,

Long ago, when the CS2 activations servers were about to be retired, it was possible to download non activation versions of the suite/applications, based on the valid serial number(s); those are long gone.

With reservation concerning unwanted and possibly devastating effects on the computer in question, which someone (quite unlike me) with an adequate knowledge can assess:

I wonder whether you can turn back the date/time to before the end, then reset afterwards after each use, or simply keep that computer in the sufficiently distant past and switch to another for other uses; some have an old computer (or more) just for old applications.

Someone?