Need Help Activating Photoshop CS3

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October 6, 2017
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Good morning!

I have Photoshop CS3 and it is requiring me to activate the software, the online and phone activation does not work. What do I need to do to get it activated?

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courtneyl98514956Author

Participant

Thank you both. I am now getting the message that I need "adobePDF.dll". Do you know where can I download that file?

gener7

Community Expert

Carefully read and follow the instructions.

Error: "The file AdobePDF.dll is needed" | Adobe Creative Suite 3 on 64-bit Windows

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courtneyl98514956Author

Participant

Thank you for the link. I read through it and I don't see a solution for Windows 10. =(

Terri Stevens

Legend

Adobe have retired the activation server and so there is no way you can activate your current copy. Instead they have made available a different version of CS3 that has had the activation requirement removed. You can download the new version here

Activation or connection error when starting CS3 or Acrobat 8

You need to sign in on that page using your Adobe ID and enter the serial number from your existing product. Providing the serial is genuine you will then be allowed to download the modified version.

gener7

Community Expert

Activation or connection error when starting CS3 or Acrobat 8

Basically CS3's activation servers were taken down, so activation no longer works. You can get a replacement installer and new serial number from the link above.

Terri Stevens

Legend

sorry Gene , didn't see your post.

gener7

Community Expert

It's ok. "Bears repeating" and if it's more detail than I give, all the better. The forums are a "team thing" after all.

Gene

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