CS2 Illustrator no longer able to be activated

Question

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#M25776

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

Jacob Bugge · Answer

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?

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