Downloading Nikon NEF Raw into Photoshop CS3

I recently changed from a Canon DSLR to a Nikon D5000.Like many other Nikon users I have hit a problem in trying to download Nikons NEF images into CS3 .On trying to open RAW images up comes the message "Unable to open document".I have checked on the bridge that the ACR is 4-6-03 .Should I download ACR 5-6 or is it not compatible with CS3 ? If it is will it help solve problem.
I haven't opened NIKONS software suite as I prefer to work with Photoshops RAW toolbar beside the downloaded image.Any advice appreciated

Your camera's images need ACR 5.4 to open them.
As you suspected this is not compatible with CS3 – it needs CS4.
You can however use the latest version of the stand-alone DNG converter to create files readable in CS3 if you don't want to upgrade Photoshop.
See: http://www.adobe.com/products/dng/

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Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:07:14 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: nikon nef raw files
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