
Remember that if you think you are having a serial number rejection issue, make sure that you are using the serial number generated from your Photoshop CS2 number by this page. The serial number rejection problems noted below, however, are still present. In addition, an Adobe spokesperson tells us that a discrepancy between 2-day and 30-day trial terms has been resolved in a newly posted disk image - the software now correctly informs the user that s/he is installing a 2-day trial if a Photoshop CS2 serial number is absent. For a related issue, check out our tip on how to Change Microsoft Office’s serial number.UPDATE: The Photoshop CS3 beta is now available directly from the Adobe Labs, nullifying our earlier coverage of a pulled link (below). Source: This tip inspired by a recent install of 3 new Mac Pro design workstations for the in-house creative team at Seattle’s Swedish Medical Center, where this particular technique saved a lot of time and energy. We hope this little tip saved some designers a few wasted hours spent removing and reinstalling software. The next time you launch InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, or any of the other CS3 applications, you’ll be provided with an opportunity to enter your new serial number - or even start a new 30-day trial period.Ĭhanging the serial number on CS3 is just that easy.

In the deactivation window, click the checkbox that says “Erase my serial number from this computer after deactivation complete.” To remove you old CS3 serial number, simply use Adobe’s Deactivation feature.Ĭhoose Help > Deactivation from any CS3 application. How to Reserialize CS3: Erase serial number option.

No need to uninstall and reinstall software if you know where this “Erase my serial number” checkbox is located. Transactional Licensing: Avoid serial number headaches with CS3!īut back to today’s tip: What if you are using a single-user copy of CS3, and you need to change which serial number is installed on a particular computer? It turns out Adobe makes changing the serial number easy as can be.

For the same cost, your studio can get a site license with a single serial number for your entire team. If you have more than 3 designers on a network, someone has to take responsibility for keeping track of which serial numbers belong on which computers.Ĭreativetechs recommends that creative teams stop buying single-user copies of CS3. Managing serial numbers is a headache in almost every creative studio.
