Adobe CS3 Upgrade - Can I Deactivate/Uninstall CS2?

Hi all,
A handful of months back, our company purchased the Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium upgrade package to replace our Adobe Creative Suite 2 package. What I am wondering is whether it is necessary for CS2 to remain activated and installed on my system in order to run CS3 programs, or if I may go ahead and deactivate/uninstall it. Again, this was an upgrade package, not the standalone version.
Also, if it IS possible to deactivate/uninstall CS2 and continue running CS3, can another person within our organization install CS2 then, or would this cause conflict with the copy of CS3 I am running...?
Thanks so much, in advance.
--Daniel

You can do what you want but if you have even the slightest thought that
you'll need the older version leave it.
In any event, your CS2 copy is tied to the CS3 since it was used to
upgrade it. You can not transfer or install it on a different machine.
Bob

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