Transferring CS3 to a new computer

Hello! I am switching all of my programs over from a MacBook to a new MacBook Pro for school. I was wondering if anyone could tell me in detail how I should go about transferring my CS3. I heard somewhere that it will not transfer using Migration Assistant alone, and that I have to deactivate it and then reactivate it somehow on the new computer? If anyone could help me out I would greatly appreciate it, I've tried looking up the tutorials and such on the adobe site and I can't find them. Thanks!

Nick:
I can't remember the exact procedure, since it's been a while. But, after I had "cloned" my work station as an emergency back up, just in case, I pretty much just launched the Migration Assistant program and followed it's procedures. It involves hooking up both computers with a firewire cable and re-booting up in migration mode. It will tell you what to do on screen.
I seem to remember after I was done there was some minor tweaking I had to do to get the new station to launch everything. I believe in some situations if just meant copying some preferences from the old station to the new station. (Which is wise to "clone" because the migration doesn't copy exactly ALL the files to the new machine")
A GREAT resource on the best way to go about this can be found at:
http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/
If you are moving from a "Tiger" computer to a "Leopard" computer, I suggest getting:
http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/leopard-upgrading.html

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