CS3 & Win 7

Just wondering if anyone has experienced any issues with installing CS3 products
on Windows 7 64-bit OS ?
Would it be better to install under VM XPMode ?
THX all!

Hi
I'm running, Photoshop CS 2, Illustrator CS3, Indesign CS4, and Premiere Elements 3.
As I said the only Adobe program that was a problem was Indesign.
Almost everything else on my computer runs fine with Windows 7 64 bit.
The only other problems were that I did have to update to Norton Ghost 15 to have it work in 64 but Windows 7, my old Ghost 10 worked with Windows 7 32 bit. I couldn't find drivers for my Epson scanner. I did find a software package, ViewScan that runs my scanner fine with out drivers from Epson.
But even my old games like Tomb Raider 4, Wow etc, seem to run fine.
If you are having problems with your internet connection the most likely cause is a program installed along with IToons, and some Adobe Programs, Photoshop for one, called "Bonjour Services"! This has been a problem since beta and still hasn't been fixed as far as I know.
Uninstalling it will usually fix your connection problems.
It was still a problem a couple of months ago when I got my new computer, as soon as I installed my Adobe software my connection failed.
By this time I knew what to do, I uninstalled Bonjour Services and everything went back to normal.
Hope this helps.
Mike

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