CS3 activation - "no connection", no support

I get "no connection" when trying to activate Adobe Photoshop CS3 (firewall, antivirus is off). Also I called provided number and I didn't get activation code and was told to contact support. Chat support didn't help. What can I do to actiavate CS3 or it's impossible to do?

Then check you end make sure there is no file "host' that is redirect any of Adobe web site names like"
activate.adobe.com
practivate.adobe.com
ereg.adobe.com
activate.wip3.adobe.com
wip3.adobe.com
3dns-3.adobe.com
3dns-2.adobe.com
adobe-dns.adobe.com
adobe-dns-2.adobe.com
adobe-dns-3.adobe.com
ereg.wip3.adobe.com
activate-sea.adobe.com
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CS3 Activation - no Connection

Whenever I try to retry activating over the internet the same window keeps reloading.

Hi Nomis,
Please refer the KB : http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/activation-deactivation-products.html#ac tivate-problem
Also please provide me the serial number so that I can check the activation status at my end.
Send me a private message. Do not post it here.
If you dont know how to do that refer : http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1184148

Again CS3 activation problem

OK. same problem here.
- Installation of CS3 premium without problems. (one license is available and this is my legal private version)
- key accepted without problems
- all programms (of CS3) are running very well on my new computer without problems (but only as testversions)
But activation is not possible
Message: Activation - no connection
(in German: Aktivierung - keine Verbindung)
I'm confused.
The internet connection is stabile.
I can login at all adobe sites without problems.
What I tried before asking here:
I searched here in forum and in the web.
I did follow this instruction:
Contact Customer Care (only possible while logged in)
and
Sign in, activation, or connection errors | CS5.5 and later
(I didn't found direct advices for CS3)
All is ok
- connect to the internet
- access to secure sites is possible
- hosts file is ok
- certificate is ok.
But:
grateful for helpful advices (custumer support is only available from Mo till Fr 9 to 17 clock and activation by phone is not longer supported)
pixxxelschubser

Additional:
(sorry for my bad english)
yesterday I opened a chat in the english chatoom. The first supporter was very friendly the whole time.
A short time later the chat was transfered by the first supporter to the technical support chat. The second supporter was very friendly at the beginning while "to verify your account and to review the details of your request". Friendly at the middle of the chat - till the offerte "to start sharing the screen" with Adobe connect. Because I have a new computer, this try failed (no Flash player was installed). I asked the supporter how I can reopen the chat after installing the Flash player ( I thougt this will be need to restart the computer.) But the answer was: " No problem, chat screen will remain there."
And such is life - without an restart Flash player doesn't functionate correctly - no possibility to do something with Adobe connect. And now - a friendly expulsion:
Here is the last part of the chat (I only changed the names to Supporter, Me and Questioner)
Supporter: Are you able to login successfully?                                                 (my own supplement: means to login to Adobe connect)
Me: No.
Supporter: Please visit Adobe User Forums at
Me: I installed Flash player and clicked the link you‘ve posted and the message »need flashplayers« remains.
Supporter: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1253193
Me: ok
Supporter: Is there anything else I may assist you with today?                         (Remember: my question isn't solved yet)
Me: please wait a minute
Supporter: Ok
Supporter: Questioner, I really apologize for the inconvenience that we do not have any support on this issue. Please follow the instruction from adobe community forums.
Supporter: Please click on the bell oprion.
Me: What means this sentence by JJMack from the forum: Then check you end make sure there is no file „host‘ that is redirect any of Adobe web site names like“
Me: And what is the: bell oprion? Sorry, my english isn‘t the best
Supporter: I am sorry about that statement.
Me: perhaps the flash player is available after a restart of the computer. Can I reopen this chat with you?
Supporter: Sure
Me: How? Perhaps save the link and easy reopen?
Supporter: Questioner, you need to follow the instruction from the above forums links as we do not have any kind of help for this software.    (this does not help to reopen the chat!)
Me: Yes I wanna. But please: What means this sentence by jjMack from the forum: Then check you end make sure there is no file „host‘ that is redirect any of Adobe web site names like“
Supporter: I apologize for the inconvenience.                                                       (at least)
Supporter: Adobe does not support old software anymore and please upgrade your software to CS 6 or CC version.            (And this is the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   I only want to activate my payed software on a new computer and not to buy another version)
Me: Thank you for spending your time. I‘m worry.
After the chat I installed my standalone version of InDesign CS5. No problems to activating this programm.
One more try to activate the CS3 - no connection.
Finally I copied the hosts.file from my old computer to the new one and tried to activate again - no connection. I was frustrated!
I do not have the windows closed and not shut down the computer. I just went to sleep.
Today in the morning: the failure message was still open in Photoshop CS3 - I clicked on try again to activate - and one minute later -------> Activation succesful
Without any new changes on my system. This sounds like magic.
Summary:
CS3-programms runs on a Windows 8 computer without problems.
But the activation is a matter of luck!

Dreamweaver CS3 Activation Issue

I have tried Phone and Online support to no avail. I have a copy of Dreamweaver CS3. I just got a new PC and need to move everything over to the new machine. Both are Windows 7 PC's.
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Hi SIWeb,
See Sign in, activation, or connection errors | CC, CS6, CS5.5 - http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/activation-network-issues.html. It is likely that your host file had entries for Adobe added when you installed some other software title.
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How to check for active internet connection in iOS device

Hello All,
Recently I've come to know that there are some API's provided by Flex 4.6 in Flash Builder 4.6 which are not supported in iOS based devices like iPhone and iPad.
You can check the list here - http://help.adobe.com/en_US/as3/iphone/WS789ea67d3e73a8b24b55b57a124b32b5b57-7fff.html
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Hi,
we can check indexs uisng T codes SE11 and DB02
Useful to run the ABAP reports SAP_UPDATE_DBDIFF and SAP_INFOCUBE_INDEXES_REPAIR.
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Re: Checking Indexes using SE11 and DB02
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Photoshop CS3 Activation

Due to the crash of the PC, I have to install the license of Photoshop CS3 on to a different computer. Unfortunately, the on-ine activation seems not to be more available. I have a valid license and I need to use my CS3. How can this trouble be fixed ?

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CS3 Can't Connect to Server

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I have been encountering this issue and I have run out of ideas as to what would be causing this error. On numerous apple devices for our business I will receive an error 3014 when updating a device via iTunes, and this is after the software update downloads. When attempting to update the device over wifi it states that the device is not connected to the internet, when I ensured that the device has active internet connectivity.
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Trying to reinstall CS4 and I've lost CS3 activation key

I bought CS3 years ago, upgraded to CS4. I'm trying to reinstall CS4 and it's asking for the CS3 activation key. I've lost the CS3 key. Is there any way to recover it?
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Hi houyhnhnm2,
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CS3 activation unsuccessful, error 194:12

I want to activate my CS3, but the phone activation is no longer supported and online activation returns "unsuccessful" and error code 194:12. The customer support wants to have nothing to do with that.
(I know the quickest way would be using some keygen but I legally purchased the CS3 so I expect it to work legally too.)

Ok, I don't know if I should make it public and it pains me that I had to stoop so low to get my apps working, but there are other people with this problem, so I guess I should post how this issue got resolved.
I'm angry at myself for trying to settle it the legal way asking the customer support one after another for more than a month. Some of the staff were really kind and if nothing, I learned some new things, but they were downright useless because phone activation is probably some kind of taboo or what. They would persistently force me to unistall the CS3 and install to no end, even though I told them that I had formatted my harddrive and run a different OS...
Whatever, long story short, the only known solution to this problem is to download a keygen and activate the CS3 with it through phone activation. The only problem is that you don't have the serial number you purchased in the application itself, but don't waste your time trying to be all good asking the support questions they don't know or are forbidden to answer.
I still would like to report somewhere that I'm using an illegal serial number due to those circumstances and post the Software Licence Certificate I received upon purchasing the CS3 somewhere, so that nobody comes to bother me about that in the future, does anybody know how to do it?
Last note: I'm really curious how the Adobe wants to manage the CC versions when they have to go through this kind of activation every month or so. I'm glad I bought the boxed versions.

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Hi,
Does any body have the idea of passive and active data connection mode for the transport protocol FTP.
I have one server with FTP, I have to pick the data from this FTP to XI.
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Hi
According to SAP Note - 821267
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Difference between active and passive,
You can definitely refer to the site mentioned by Suraj
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Says i don't have active internet connection and i do

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Close your iTunes,
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(Win XP SP2 n above) - START/ALL PROGRAMS/ACCESSORIES/Command Prompt
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Hit "ENTER" key
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Sloooow internet - Active Internet Connections??

Hi Everyone, this is my first time posting anything on here so please be gentle
My internet runs very slow. This is an intermittent problem. Right now, for example, I can browse the net without much hassle. At other times, I try to check hotmail, for example, and it simply times out after several minutes.
My internet provider did several checks and came to the conclusion that there is nothing wrong with the line and the bandwidth I'm getting.
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Hi Dylan and welcome to the forums!
Who is your ISP? Their comment is wrong, and Apple are correct.
Try this:
(First, if yours is an Intel Mac, check that Safari is not running in Rosetta, which is enough to slow it to a crawl. If you are running Snow Leopard, run Safari in 32 bit not 64 bit.)
Do you have enough RAM? Less than 1GB can cause slowness. Is your hard drive too full? Less than 15%, or 15GB, of free space can also cause slowness.
Adding DNS codes to your Network Preferences, should give good results in terms of speed-up as well as added security:
If you are using a single computer: Open System Preferences/Network. Double click on your connection type, or select it in the drop-down menu, and in the box marked 'DNS Servers' add the following two numbers:
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
(You can also enter them if you click on Advanced and then DNS)
If your computer is part of a network: please refer to this page: http://www.opendns.com/start/bestpractices/#yournetwork and follow the advice given.
(An explanation of why using Open DNS is both safe and a good idea can be read here: http://www.labnol.org/internet/tools/opendsn-what-is-opendns-why-required-2/2587 /
Open DNS also provides an anti-phishing feature: http://www.opendns.com/solutions/homenetwork/anti-phishing/ )
Wikipedia also has an interesting article about Open DNS:
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.5/en/8708.html
Click on Apply Now and close the window.
Restart Safari, and repair permissions.
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Go to Home/Library/Safari and delete the following files:
form values
download.plist
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com.apple.Safari.plist
Repair permissions (in Disk Utility).
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When trying to update my CC apps, the update fails. I get this error: Update Failed. There was an error installing this update. Please try again later or connect customer support. This is currently happening for InDesign, Photoshop and Bridge. I had this

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