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Can I install older photoshop version on second/third computer?

  • July 2, 2019
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I will be away from home for the summer, and will have access to an older computer. I am going to storage to hunt up one of my many older versions of photoshop to install on the older computer to work during the summer. Will adobe accept my product key from my cd case? I currently use CS6 and have it installed on one, maybe two computers. Thanks for any info!

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    Chuck Uebele
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    Chuck UebeleCommunity Expert
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    July 3, 2019

    To add to what the others have mentioned, if your copy has been installed on two computers and hasn't been deactivated, then you have to contact Adobe to reset your license.

    Trevor.Dennis
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    Trevor.DennisCommunity Expert
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    July 2, 2019

    Two points.

    1) You can 'install' Photoshop CC on more than two computers.  You can only 'sign in' on two at any one time.  For instance, I have Photoshop CC installed on a desktop, laptop, and little Cintiq Companion.  I don't even sign out of the laptop to use the Cintiq.  Just sign in on the other computer and one of the first two computer automatically signs out.  I've done this dozens of times, and it is not a problem.

    2) We had an issue with older versions recently, and the downloads became no longer available.  Our understanding was that this did not apply to Perpetual Licenses, for CS6 and older, but I wanted to use my old CS6 version on another system just last week, and couldn't find the install files.   Adobe does not seem to have them available any more, and nor does the ProDesignTools site.

    Does anyone know where to download CS6?

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    Anonymous
    July 2, 2019

    Trevor.Dennis  wrote

    Does anyone know where to download CS6?

    This should help

    CS6 Download

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      July 2, 2019

      Note that if you upgrade a license you don't get any more rights to run more copies. So the old versions would need to have not been used to upgrade. (If they work, which is frankly doubtful).

      Derek Cross
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      Derek CrossCommunity Expert
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      July 2, 2019

      Presumably the older computer has an older version of an OS?

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      cyberpaintAuthor
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      July 2, 2019

      Yes, it's windows 7.

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      cyberpaintAuthor
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      July 2, 2019

      Ugh, I think at least a couple versions back I was downloading instead of buying a cd. So the photoshop version may be too old to work. I will have to see what I have.

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