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Installation from CS 5 Standard on my new Computer with Windows 11

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
October 6, 2024
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Hello Adobe Community

My problem is the following: I had to buy a new PC with Windows 11, because my old PC cannot be upgraded to Windows 11.
I have now reinstalled all the programs, including the Creative Suite CS 5 Standard. The software was previously used on the old PC and on a laptop, but was never used at the same time.

After installing it on the new PC, I was able to log in and register without any problems. But the next day I was asked to log in and register again. But this no longer worked, a message came up saying that there was a timeout for the activation of CS 5. I tried several times, but it no longer worked.

How can I solve the problem? I have to produce my newspaper for our community on this PC, although only every 3 months, but it is therefore very important that it works again as soon as possible. I am grateful for any help you can give me. Let me know what I can do.

Thank you very much.

Kind regards

Werner

Derek Cross

Community Expert

Get an old computer that's compatible with your software..

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Peter Spier

Community Expert

Since you were able to install CS5 on your system and it appears to run, you might want to try overwriting the InDesign program folders with a copy of the folder from the old machine. That has been successful for me with CS6.

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werner_0970Author

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Good day Peter

Thank you too for the tip, I will try this too and hope it works...

Regards
Werner

Peter Spier

Community Expert

Hello Rokeby

No, I also switched to the Adobe CC programs for the fonts. There was no alternative for me, I sat down with the printer where I have my work printed and have now switched completely to Adobe CC. It is important to me that the fonts work and the workflow is secured for the next few years.

Now I just have to get used to the "new" programs, but I'll manage that...

Regards
Werner

Sorry to hear you were not successful in getting CS5 to run, and I know you've made the change to Creative Cloud, but could you answer one more question for me?

It's my understanding that the activation servers are no longer resetting so it is essential to deactivate any installations you wil be abandoning before you activate on a new device. Did you do that?

This is just to try to gather data to try to help others who may want to attempt to run CS5 on a newer OS as there is no support available other than advice from other users who have been successful or unsuccessful.

BobLevine

Community Expert

Are you confusing activation and registration?

As already pointed out, CS5 is not supported under Windows 11, but the first thing to know is whether you deactivate the software on the old machine. I do not think Adobe is giving out additional activations anymore so it's your responsibility to make sure you take care of this step.

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werner_0970Author

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Hello Bob

Thank you for the tips and help. I was afraid that I would have to upgrade to the latest version. That's a lot of money for me, as I don't need the programs very often. But there won't be any other way, except that you can no longer buy the programs individually. I don't need 20 programs to work...

Kind regards

Werner

Derek Cross

Community Expert

You don't have to subscribe to 20 applications, you can subscribe to just InDesign for around $/£22 a month. You can download the seven day trial version to see how it runs on your system. You can pay a bit more and just subscribe by the month's you need to use it.

Willi Adelberger

Community Expert

CS5 is dead. Activation Servers a not active any more since many years.mI doubt that your OS is compatible to that old version. You need to subscribe to CC.

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werner_0970Author

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Hello Willi

Thank you for the tips and help. I was afraid that I would have to upgrade to the latest version. That's a lot of money for me, as I don't need the programs very often. But there won't be any other way, except that you can no longer buy the programs individually. I don't need 20 programs to work...

Kind regards

Werner

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