CS3 Stopped working

The other day I got a message when I opened DW that said the
License had stopped working and that I needed to contact my system
admin or uninstall and reinstall the program. (This was the case
for all CS3 programs)
After I uninstalled I was not able to reinstall. Vista Home
Premium, CS3
Anyone had any similar issues?

I have the same issues and have tried all of the solution here and many other places as well. Anymore suggestions
I read your post and tried all the suggestions you mentioned
I have CS3 & CS4 master collection, both were working and some how they stopped working on my computer. I think it is a VISTA thing. They are legal copies and both downloads direct from Adobe.
VISTA HOME PREMIUM 64 BIT – SP2
I have done all the steps I can find on the adobe website, and other places I look and nothing worked. The software was working fine, and then all of a sudden CS3 and CS4 were not working. Not sure why. But nothing has worked, from uninstalling all adobe products, to using cleanup script, to cleaning folders and registry to find any hint of cs3 or cs4. used MSconfig to shut everything off, created a new user. Tried different cleaners. I have been working on this for over a week now. I also tried what was written on this forum.
I tried to unlock the sRGB profile and was not able to unlock that. Seems like this is a major challenge for me as well as others. Any suggestions?

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Hi there,
I'm hoping someone can help me. I've read through the forum and can't find information which applies to my problem.
I have been using CS3 for 2 years without any issues until 2 days ago it wouldn't open and I got this message..."Licensing for this product has stopped working". I uninstalled the software as directed and tried to reinstall (several times) but was unsuccessful. I have disabled my Firewall, Antivirus software etc. etc. I am using Windows Vista and have plenty of hard drive disk space.
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Adobe Photoshop CS4
Error 1603. Fatal error during installation.
Adobe Bridge CS4
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Adobe Device Central CS4
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I have the same issues and have tried all of the solution here and many other places as well. Anymore suggestions
I read your post and tried all the suggestions you mentioned
I have CS3 & CS4 master collection, both were working and some how they stopped working on my computer. I think it is a VISTA thing. They are legal copies and both downloads direct from Adobe.
VISTA HOME PREMIUM 64 BIT – SP2
I have done all the steps I can find on the adobe website, and other places I look and nothing worked. The software was working fine, and then all of a sudden CS3 and CS4 were not working. Not sure why. But nothing has worked, from uninstalling all adobe products, to using cleanup script, to cleaning folders and registry to find any hint of cs3 or cs4. used MSconfig to shut everything off, created a new user. Tried different cleaners. I have been working on this for over a week now. I also tried what was written on this forum.
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Hi I really need an Adobe CS3 expert and a Mac expert's help. I have been troubleshooting two days without luck. I have been in the forum trying to solve the mystery shutdown of my CS3 software. I have an imac 2006 with Snow leopard 10.6.8.
details:
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       Number Of Processors:          1
       Total Number Of Cores:          2
       L2 Cache:          6 MB
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       Bus Speed:          1.07 GHz
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I tried to reinstall, also uninstall and reinstalled. Repeated uninstall/ reinstall with cc cleaning, re booting after each step.
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When I reinstall I am not asked for Serial numbers.
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Catherine
Message was edited by: Catgus

Thank you SO much!
(and last night the Adobe support took my Serial numbers, so I hope that can't bite me in the butt somehow).
The thread you directed me to still worked and you have made my day.
So very grateful!
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