Clean install of CS3 Production Premium

Hi,
I have CS3 Production Premium Suite installed and all elements running well for over a year on a Vista PC.  I am selling the PC to switch to a Mac, and I want to do a clean install of Vista and then re-install CS3 onto the machine.  Will the be any registration/licensing issues when I try to re-install CS3 when it has already been registered?  If there will be, I will avoid the clean install of Vista and just clean the drives.
Thanks!
Baz

It's in Help>Transfer Activation.
Though it is designed to clean up after the trial of CS3, I'd also run the Adobe CS3 CleanScript a couple of times, before doing a complete reinstall. Note: you want the CS3 version - choose carefully.
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Hunt

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