Upgrade CS CS2 CS5 Ok?

Im installing a new system with Snow Leopard.
Im have a couple of older CS upgrades that I would like to upgrade to CS5.
From that I have read in this forum, installing CS2 may not work on Snow Leopard.
The advice I read was to type the CS2 serial number during installation of CS5.
I have the following products:
Adobe Design Collection (Photoshop 7, Acrobat 5, Illustrator 10 etc..)
Adobe Creative Suite Premium Upgrade
Adobe Creative Suite 2 Premium Upgrade
Will the CS5 Upgrade (from CS2/CS3) work in practise with these upgrades? Should I type all the serial numbers in a particular order? Or is it enough to type the serial number for the CS2 upgrade?
Another question; The previous upgrades were Swedish language. I would like to install the English version of CS5. Is that possible or do I have to install the Swedish CS5 upgrade?
Very grateful if someone can provide answers for these questions!
/ Martin

The serial number is enough. I don't know what the implications of the Swedish to English version are.
Bob

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Since the key is an upgrade key, what is it going to ask for to verify the fact that the CS3 version (which was an upgrade) was based on a full retail version?
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The upgrade process is really quite straightforward these days - even on a new box which has never previously had Adobe software installed.
Upgrades are as good as full versions once installed. When installing upgrades, all that matters is that you have a serial number to an earlier qualifying version handy - Adobe has given up tracing this all the way back to your full version which could be up to 20 years ago. Upgrade serial numbers can only be verified by serial numbers up to 3 versions back anyway so Photoshop CS does not qualify for a CS5 upgrade.
There's no need to install older versions on a new computer before installing the CS5 upgrade version. It's actually the full code on the disk regardless of whether you purchased a full version or an upgrade - the serial number tells the installer if you've bought an upgrade or full version license.
When you enter your upgrade serial number for CS5, the installer will ask you to enter an earlier qualifying serial number (full or upgrade does not matter). I've successfully completed this exact scenario myself several times.
The only caveat to the above is that there is a world of difference in licensing terms (and serial numbers) between a suite and a standalone version. If you install a CS5 suite trial then want to keep just the Photoshop component (and enter its serial number), you'll have to uninstall the entire suite first then install the upgrade version of standalone Photoshop CS5. Then enter your CS5 serial number then verify by entering your CS3 serial number.

Upgrading from CS2 Suite (Win) to CS5 Suite (Mac)

Over the last few days I have twice called Adobe UK sales and have been assured that I can easily upgrade my Windows CS2 suite to a Mac CS5 suite.
I was told that all I have to do is enter the CS2 Windows serial number during the CS5 Mac installation and it will be accepted.
However I have found no mention of this anywhere on the internet.
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Adobe are even contracdicting themselves re CS5 upgrades.
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I'm new to this forum. I have a question regarding upgrading to CS5. I don't think there's been another question on this specific question I have. If there is, sorry for posting it again.
Basically, I have a copy of the CS2 Design Premium Education version. Now I would like to upgrade it to the CS5 Design Premium Commercial version. I didn't need to work from home previously, so never really needed the commercial licence for my laptop. But now it's time to get one so I can work anywhere.
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You brought up a few issues here.
(1) If you bought an upgrade that you cannot use, please call Adobe Customer Support (via phone) and see what can be done to let you return the software. There should not be any problem if this is within 30 days of purchase, but even if not, they should be supportive. If the first agent you speak to can't assist, ask for their supervisor.
(2) The copy of CS3 that was installed on your Mac by your employer is likely a volume license which cannot be upgraded via a standard upgrade license. Note that if your employer installed the software using their volume serial number, that software license belongs to your employer and not you personally. It that employer is in fact your ex-employer, you no longer have legal rights to use that software which was licensed to your ex-employer. (Note that purchasers of volume licenses cannot unbundle a volume license by either giving away copies such as to former employees or sell such copies!)
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If I were you I would just delete the installed Adobe CS2 folder. Adobe CS2 uninstaller my remove settind CS5 made to your system after CS2. The CS2 uninstaller may try to restore settings to a point in time where there was no Photoshop installed on your system. If you do a CS un-install you may need to then Install CS5 on top of itself the update cs5 for the install will not have the updates you will be back at CS5 level .

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hollis111564laura wrote:
So if I buy the Cs5 upgrade I should be able to upgrade to cs5 from cs2?
Theoretically, yes but you cannot buy CS5 from Adobe anymore so you'd have to get it from elsewhere - if you can find it.
Bear in mind that there's a high likelihood of buying pirated or counterfeit copies online. It's very hard to check that they're genuine and you'll never know for sure until you try entering your serial number - and then it may be too late to get your money back if the serial number is rejected.
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http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/photoshopextended/upgrade/?view=available
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Eventually they said that they were sorry that I was confused (I didn't want to debate) and they gave me a special process/code to bypass get by the CS2 omission. So although it was a bit frustrating to waste that time on the phone after the Adobe site was wrong, I'm glad that Adobe has a way to work it out.
But I though it was odd that the CSRs would not recognize the problem/discrepancy, and I don't feel like going through this again when I need to install CS5 Ex on a new computer (since I know my CS2 serial still won't power the CS5 Ex installer).
Anyone else upgrade from CS2 to CS5 Extended and have this issue (I saw one other guy on this forum have the issue but I have to figure more people have had it, and that Adobe has to fix/catch this)?

Thanks all for the replies/help. I've marked the answers as helpful/correct, and yeah, I guess most of the retailers I checked didn't make the differentiation.
Maybe Adobe was originally going to "two-tier" the pricing, so maybe that's why there are two different products that are basically the same?
Either way, I guess I've been out of the SN/upgrade loop for a while. I appreciate the help and patience with my ignorance

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We have a problem at my place of work. We have two computers which need to have the same version of CS on (currently CS2).
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It seems a bit unreasonable, after spending $600 at the end of last year, that now, three months later, I need to spend another $400 just to update one program. Am I missing something?
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I'll look through the Adobe site for a license transfer form. When I called several months ago, the agent, made it sound like these were very difficult to come by. Or perhaps, the agent just didn't know. I've ran into this several times with Adobe. One agent tells you one thing, another says something entirely different. Customer service is lacking in my opinion.
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Countrydust73 wrote:
I signed up for the 30 day trial of RadLab by Totally Rad. It worked fine, but my trial expired before I could finish the photos I had been editing. So I uninstalled the RadLab trial, signed up for a new trial with a different e-mail address, and re-installed it.
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If you need the software to get your project done, why not actually buy it?
You're no doubt expecting to derive value from your project... Shouldn't the people who worked to create the software you're using derive some value from their work as well?
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https://creative.adobe.com/#plans

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I would like to upgrade my PS CS2 to CS6, but don't see that option (only CS3 or higher). Can anyone help?

Sorry, it's not possible to upgrade from CS2 to CS6. CS2 is too old.
Unfortunately you must pay full price.
Only CS5/CS5.5 qualifies to upgrade to CS6.
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http://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/faq/upgrade-policy.html
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Hi,
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