Adobe Photoshop CS3 from Windows Vista to Windows 8 Product Key Invalid

Hi,
I switched my OS from Windows Vista to Windows 8.1 (Clean installation). On Windows Vista, I was running a trial version and tried my product key but it didnt work. On Windows 8.1 also, the product key didn't work. Now I can't check my version because I can't get past the product key screen. Please advice.

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Have not touched AutoCAD yet.
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Thanks for all the replies.
We (myself and our company IT guy) just tried several of the above, plus some other things.
1. Shift/ctl/alt reset preferences. Did not solve the problem.
2. Video driver upgrade. Did not solve the problem.
3. Complete reinstall of CS3. Did not solve the problem.
4. Install old video driver (apparently this solved a similar problem in another area of the company). Did not solve the problem.
5. System rollback/restore (to 20-11-2013 settings). PROBLEM SOLVED!
We have a suspicion therefore that the Autodesk AutoCAD LT 2014 may be something to do with it. We will find out later/tomorrow as I need to get some stuff done in CS3 now (can't afford more lost time!).
Will update once we have reinstalled AutoCAD LT 2014 as to whether this changed anything.
Thanks again
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rebel1568,
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I was having the same issue:
"Setup Error. Setup has encountered an error and cannot continue. Contact Adobe Customer Support for assistance. Quit."
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5. Application
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The program Photoshop.exe version 10.0.1.0 stopped interacting with Windows and was closed. To see if more information about the problem is available, check the problem history in the Action Center control panel.
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PDFファイルをJPEG2000でフォーマット（.jpf）→■Adobe Photoshop CS3で開けないのですが、、、（エラー表示＝ドキュメントの種類が適切ではありません）
ご存知の方　ご指南よろしくお願いします。

OS不明(再掲）。
＃１でも書きましたが、「PDFファイルをJPEG2000でフォーマット（.jpf）」という手段の詳細が不明です。
フォーマットという用語をどういう意味で使っていますか？
今ではPDFファイルはAdobe製品の共通ファイル形式になっているので、PDFといったらあのアプリケーションというほど明確ではありません。
面倒臭がらずに丁寧に書くことです。同じ環境下の方がいたら再現できるくらいは書くことです。
ここのフォーラムでは新規投稿の場合は、返信が付くまでは投稿者に削除を含む編集権があるので、投稿直後には修正できたと思いますが。
件名（トピック見出し）の修正は以下を参照。
・フォーラム内に間違えて同じトピックを作ってしまった、もしくはトピックタイトルやトピック見出しの修正が必要になりました。
http://forums.adobe.co.jp/help/forumfaq.html#discussion
＞件名をJPEG2000での保存　と入力したはずでしたが
だとしても、この件名でもおかしくありませんか？
最初の質問投稿で「Photoshop CS3で開けないのですが」と書いていますから、保存のまえに開くことすらできないのでは？
質問投稿からすると、すでにファイルはJPEG2000形式になっているという理解でいいのだろうか？
それともPDFファイルそのものを開こうとしている？
下記はCSでの情報だが、プラグイン名は「JPEG 2000.8bi」とある（現在とは異なる可能性も）。
文書番号 : 223284
JPEG 2000 形式で保存できない
「画像を JPEG 2000 形式で保存するには、 JPEG 2000 プラグインをアプリケーション CD-ROM からインストールします。」
もしかして闇雲にフォルダーを開いている？「プラグイン」「JPEG」「JPEG2000」とかいった関連しそうな名前で検索はしていない？
下記サイトだと、Photoshop用プラグインの拡張子は「8bf」あるいは「8bi」だという（現在とは異なる可能性も）。
http://www.246.ne.jp/‾ogu/01-20/ext.htm
サポートデータベースには以下の拡張子を含むサポート文章が複数ある（かなり以前のものも含む）。
　　　　　8ba、8be、8bf、8bi、8bp、8bx、8by
なお、「JPEG2000」ではなく「JPEG 2000」と間を空けて書くのが正式であるという。
・JPEG 2000 - Wikipedia
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPEG_2000

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Hello,
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Thank you for your replys!
@Mylenium: I have not recently changed the graphics driver, anyway, this post will contain some more detailed information.
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