Adobe CS3 Updater is not detecting any update!

Question

Hi;
I just installed the Creating Suite 3 (included Photoshop, Illuctration, InDesign and Acrobat 8 Pro) on 3 workstation.
This CS3 package I buit a long time ago; it is the version 10.0. The last CS3 update is version 10.0.1.
So, the adobe update which I launch from Photoshop | Help | Update shuold detect updates for my CS3; however, it doesn't!
In stead, it's giving this msg: "There is no update available at this time. Please note thatt some updates for the following products cannot de determined at this time: Adobe Update"
I have been trying to troubleshoot this problem for 2 days; however, there haven't any solution!
Note:
About 2 weeks ago, I installed CS3 on another 3 computers using the same installation parkage. And they are runing as expected.
I have contacted Adobe Support by phone and chat. They all confirmed that the update server for CS3 is functioning.
If anyone has any clue or solution, idea, please help me!
Thanks.

Answer 1

Hi dkmashino,
The way I see it is that since CS3 is no longer supported [since CS5.5 is the current version], there will be no more updates for CS3.  The only application that's still updated is Adobe Acrobat Professional 9 [from CS3.3], and those are released quarterly [4 times a year] on a regular maintenance schedule from Adobe until that stops.  Keep in mind that Adobe Acrobat also uses a different Adobe Updater after Acrobat version 9.2.0, and that updater doesn't have the same issue as the CS3 updater does.
So, what I've been doing for new deployments and prepping machines is installing CS3, setting the clock back to October 1, 2011 or earlier, running all updates, and setting the clock back to the current date.  Make sure you remember to set your clock back to the current date, especially if you chose an earlier date like January 1, 2011, because the Acrobat updater won't run if the clock is set too far back.
Hope that helps!