Comments on: Is the CS3b download ready? Not just yet.

By: SURESH

SURESH — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 02:44:33 +0000

I WANT SERIAL NAMBER FOR ADOBE CS3
[Cool; buy one. --J.]

By: Ralph Rookey

Ralph Rookey — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 20:50:09 +0000

Hi, I was talking to the ADOBE people in Texas at the PPA national convention, I questioned the use of CS3 being used on both platforms (PC & Mac) I was told that CS3 will allow that, the women even checked woth another person to confirm her answer…. So with that being said I finaly replaced my PC lap top w/a Mac Pro, now I find out that the info was not true and that I will have to purchase a 2nd full lic to run on Mac.. as my Desk system is a PC and being a photographer the funds for (2) new systems are not going to work…. and the $$ for a 2nd lic is also going to be put off until after the summer now! I guess I’m at a lost… any help!
Ralph

By: Jeff Austin

Jeff Austin — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 17:23:47 +0000

I too am having a problem or two. Was able to get a CS3 serial number generated for only one of my 2 CS2 licenses, and CS3 is rejecting the license number that your website gave me to use for the one it accepted. Very frustrating. Also, what about site licenses for institutions. Many people use the same number but once a person gets a CS3 number, no one else can generate one. That doesn't seem right either. [We're working on a plan for site licenses. I'll post info once we get the pieces in place, but first we have to finish nailing down the main serial number issues. --J.]

By: Steve Balcombe

Steve Balcombe — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 13:05:18 +0000

Very disappointed that I can’t use my CS1 serial number. I have two Photoshop licences (three if you count a very old copy) and have been paying for upgrades since I upgraded from PS3 to PS4. But I’m still using CS, I never needed CS2. Now I’m excluded from CS3 beta. Thanks Adobe.

By: John Welch

John Welch — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 13:02:13 +0000

John,
RTFM rears it’s polka-dotted head. The LP serial numbers work fine if you enter them in the right place.
le sigh.
[Glad to hear it! --J.]

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 12:34:13 +0000

Well – Hope you guys will update the server, I’m still trying to get my CS3 serial, but the problem is what you explained….

By: Ade Barkah

Ade Barkah — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 12:03:02 +0000

John how do we report bugs (and/or see what's been reported already) ? [Ade, please check out the beta forum on Labs and report issues there. --J.]

By: John Welch

John Welch — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 10:56:58 +0000

John, Add License Program serial numbers to that list of not supported. None of my CS2 Premium Upgrade license numbers will work. [Okay, we'll investigate. Murphy's Law... --Thx, J.]

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 10:26:33 +0000

It would be great if we could buy an advance copy and use the beta based on that license. I’m perfectly happy to buy now to use the beta, but I don’t want to buy CS2 (I have CS1) and then pay to upgrade in a few months.

By: Noah

Noah — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 10:22:01 +0000

I find it strange that if the installer was going to accept my CS2 Premium Bundle (Mac) serial that it doesn't show me a check and then error out on hitting the Adobe auth servers. Yet if I use a standalone CS2 Photoshop (Mac) serial it shows me a happy green check box. It looks to me as the auth servers are up and ready to go and that someone forgot to include the bundle purchasers and is shuffling around to make a fix before officially posting the beta. [I'll spare you the long & tedious story, but there are more than 3,000 (!) configurations that include Photoshop, and a handful didn't get into the verification list correctly. Anyway, we're adding them literally as I type. --J.]

By: John

John — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:03:33 +0000

When new beta software is coming, we all turn back into 5 year olds.. “NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW! GIMME GIMME GIMME GIMME!”
John just reminded us to chill or we are all going to be sent to “Time Out”. :)

By: Christopher Boldon

Christopher Boldon — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 08:56:08 +0000

Hail to the King, baby!
Thanks for keeping us up on things. Can’t wait for that UB of CS3!

By: Victoria Bampton

Victoria Bampton — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 08:13:16 +0000

So can a PC CS2 serial number be used for a Mac CS3 beta? I’ve got CS2 Windows on my desktop, and CS Mac on my laptop, and I want to test the CS3 beta on my laptop, but there’s no point me upgrading the Mac version until CS3 releases… although I’ll preorder at the first opportunity. Will it work?
[Sorry, no: Mac CS2 numbers generate a Mac CS3 number, and Windows generate Windows. --J.]

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 08:12:43 +0000

I think this would be the “pent-up demand?”
Just wait until dreamweaver & illustrator users start screaming…
BTW: Great job on the release. Very, very impressed.

By: Neal Spencer

Neal Spencer — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 07:55:49 +0000

CS2 is nice but slow on my new Apple Pro with bells and whistles. I’m looking forward to CS3 to better fit the hardware.
Neal