CS4 - CS5 Upgrade Installation Question

I wanted to know if I had to upgrade pre-existing files of CS4 Design Standard ->CS5 Design Standard or if I can upgrade on a fresh install of CS5 Design Standard from the upgrade disks.
Thanks

CS4 and CS5 can coexist. Many users keep both versions
installed.

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Photoshop cs5 upgrade installation problem

I just purchased a Photoshop cs5 upgrade (upgrading from cs2). There were no instructions with the disk. I put the disk in my pc's DVD-ROM drive, and the computer started reading it, but nothing appeared on my monitor. The computer stopped reading the disk after a short time period. There was never any indication, on the monitor screen, that anything was installing, or had installed. My pc's os is Windows XP professional, and it appears to satisfy system requirements. I have eset smart security 5 installed on this pc. How can I get this upgrade to install?

If the Autorun option is disabled (and it frequently is because of security concerns) the setup program will not launch automatically on inserting the disk.
Use Windows Explorer to see the contents of the disk. Double-click on the .exe file to launch the setup wizard. Follow the onscreen instructions there on.

Photoshop CS6 upgrade - installation question

So, 2 months ago I got a new notebook. I installed CS4 and made sure I got everything working perfectly. Then, this month I installed the CS6 trial and boy it has a crapload of permission-related temp file directory blunders. To narrow it down to just CS6, I uninstalled and reinstalled all Adobe related software on my machine except for CS4. After 10-12 hours of configuration trial and error with the temp-file blunder, I have CS6 working perfectly as well. So now I have a trial version of CS6 with a leftover CS4 key on the computer.
Now for my question: Will the trial accept a CS6 upgrade key or will I have to reinstall using the CS6 upgrade disc? I'd really prefer not to uninstall CS6 again.

Yes, you can just input your serial number in the trial version.

CS4 Design premium installation questions

I have the student edition of CS4 design premium. I have gone through the process of obtaining a serial number and am ready to intall, but I have some questions.
One, I have been using trial downloads of Dreamweaver CS4 and Photoshop CS4 to try to learn the basic of using these two programs. The Dreamweaver trial period expires today. Should I uninstall my two trial downloads before trying to install the entire suite from the disks, or can I just put my serial number into the appropriate place for these two programs and then proceed to install the others from my disks?
Two, the set of disks I received (ordered through some third party supplier via Amazon) came with absolutely no instructions, manual or information about installing. There are three disks (labelled Content, Application 1, and Application 2) and an additional Learning Creative Suite 4 disk which doesn't seem to contain anything at all about installation. How do I know which one of the three main disks to start with for installation?

You cannot use the serial number for the student version of the suite (or any other version of the suite for that matter) on any individual programs. Totally uninstall those programs. Then install the suite starting with the Application 1 DVD. When prompted to, enter the serial number you were provided with. The install process will at some point request that you replace Application 1 DVD with Application 2 DVD. The content of the "Content" and "Learning" DVDs is optional and you can copy those to wherever you like on your file system.
Your "third party supplier via Amazon" should have provided instructions to you.
- Dov

CS4 - CS5 Upgrade? (Performance in mind)

I currently own AE CS4. Now that CS4 is out, I only want to upgrade if there are decent performance upgrades. My thing is this, I work in primarily high resolution 1900x1080 projects, and I want to cut down the ram preview / render times as much as possible.
I'm also interested in purchasing a video card. I currently only have a GTX 275. I've been reading up about nVidia Quadro vs. GTX 285 etc.. Ultimately I wouldn't like to spend more than $1100 together. The upgrade to CS5 costs $299, and the nVidia Quadro 3800 I believe is around $800.
Would it make sense to upgrade to CS5? Or should I just invest in a better video card.
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Performance improvements between After Effects CS4 and After Effects CS5 are large. See this page for information about the changes related to RAM and the move to a 64-bit application.
The video card doesn't really matter for After Effects. Spend your money on RAM first. That advice changes if you're using Premire Pro CS5, which does take advantage of CUDA technology and can therefore use some of the features of the fancier graphics cards.

CS4 / CS5 design premium questions

Hello,
In regards to both CS4 and CS5 Design Premium packages, are there any other programs that install a 64-bit edition?
When CS4 was installed at our location, only Photoshop had a 64-bit version.All other programs had a 32-bit version only.
The computers that we have are Windows 7 64-bit, and our staff members would like to use more than 3GB of memory on all the programs.
Are there 64-bit versions of the rest of the CS4 programs available? If not, do all the programs in CS5 include a 64-bit version?
Please let me know. Thank you.

This forum is for design issues, not product support. Please repost in the CS forums.

Install CS5 UPGRADE from cs2 on Windows 8

I just purchased a Windows computer running Windows 8, and I want to install on it CS 5. But the CS 5 I have is an upgrade, so it won't install unless I have CS2 (my previous version) already on the computer, and CS2 won't install on Windows 8. What do I do?

unless I have CS2 (my previous version) already on the computer,
You don't need to have CS2 installed.
If the CS5 upgrade installer cannot find an earlier qualifying version installed then it will prompt you to enter the CS2 serial number instead.

I just bought a new computer and want to load in photoshop from the old one. I have CS5. Since CS5 was an upgrade I installed CS4 first, but now I can't figure out how to install the CS5 upgrade. Any advice?

How do I transfer photoshop from one computer to another? I have CS5. Since CS5 was an upgrade I installed CS4 first, but now I cannot figure out how to install the CS5 upgrade. Any advice?

karen2179 wrote:
If you are able to use adobe products on two computer do I really need to deactivate or uninstall CS4?
No, but it may help the chances of a successful installation.
karen2179 wrote:
Just as an aside - I have been getting messages on here from Adobe Admin saying that CS5 cannot be reinstalled because everything is now in the cloud and that for $350 I can buy CS6 to install on my new computer. What? Am I getting spammed on Adobe's site here?
Where did you see that?

Do I need to install CS4 full version before installing CS5 upgrade?

New hard drive in iMac. I have a full version of CS4 design premium and an upgrade version of CS5. Do I have to install both? Or can I just install CS5 upgrade and somehow use my CS4 full serial number to validate the CS5?

You have the right idea. You do not have to install CS4. At some point during installation of CS5 you will be required to enter the serial number for CS4 in order to confirm it as a valid upgrade installation

CS5 Upgrade Version Has No Acrobat 9, but my CS4 version is giving me problems

I have recently reinstalled my OS and I am trying to get CS5 working again. I had CS4 and then upgraded to CS5. When I installed my system fresh I did not install CS4 first and just gave CS5 the CS4 serial numebr when it asked for it. CS5 is working fine in all the apps that I have tried to use. The issue that I am having is that I don't have Acrobat 9 as part of that install, so I installed from my CS4 disk and only installed Acrobat Pro. It installed fine, but when I open Acrobat Pro it gives me an error stating that this application was installed as part of a suite and I need to open something from the suite before it will work. Do I have to install Photshop CS4 just to get Acrobat 9 to work? Why doesn't my CS5 Upgrade just include new install files for Acrobat 9?
Any help on this would be appreciated.
Jamey

You are asking CS specific questions and you need to ask in the CS forum. http://forums.adobe.com/community/creativesuites

CS4 to CS5 Upgrade has install/configuration problems ???

(My system is running Windows 7 Pro 64-bit )
Awile back I purchased:
Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 (FULL version) on the Installable DVD's.
...and just recently, last week, I decided to bite the bullit, and go for the 64-bit CS5 version upgrade.
Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 (Upgrade version) -downloadable option (its cost $299.00 US)
Method 1./ Now, this seemed to be more of an installation/config issue for me. but after I ran the CS5 upgrade, it did NOT
upgrade/change any of my Desktop icons/links ?
In other words, the same old CS4 Icons were on the desktop.
Instead, I had to goto C:\Program Files\Adobe\...CS5\..., and then create a shortcut to the CS5 executable onto my Desktop?
Method 2./
ok, this so-called CS5 upgrade option obviously dos NOT work right.
So, I completely UN-installed CS4 and CS5, and started from scratch again, but this time I simply installed just
the CS5 Upgrade binaries.
Well that seemed to work fine, and it also seemed to ievennstall all the 64-bit CS5 modules, though it also created some extra CS4 directories in C:\(x86)Program Files\Adobe... ? why would it do that ?
ok, well has anyone else also experienced any of this upgrade weirdness. ?
Note: I verified my Windows 7 64-bit was up-to-date, and I also "updated" CS5, actually it updates itself.
I have also had a couple "BLUE-screenies", and crashes" in CS5, none of which, in Windows I can really tell what is going on ?, and I never had these issues on CS4 on this same PC.?
I called the 1-800 number for Adobe Technical Support and basically they said the CS5 upgrade that I purchased should have worked fine. uhmmm ya'd think eh?
So, I thought this forum might be more "aware", and/or helpful regarding my Upgrading woes.
any thoughts, would be appreciated.
Thankyou.
Rick.

An Adobe upgrade is an upgrade by price, only. What I mean is that you're buying a new, fully separate version of the Adobe software from whatever your previous version was, and upon installation, your previous version is left intact (hence the reason your icons did not change--CS4 was still installed).
An update, on the other hand (which is what the program automagically did), actually does replace files, but only in the version that you're updating. A semantic issue, perhaps, but an important distinction.
You can run CS4 and CS5 side-by-side if you like, but if you want to be rid of CS4 and maintain only CS5, you need to uninstall CS4--or preferably, reinstall from the OS up. I always like to start fresh when a new suite comes along.

Can I delete CS4 after CS5 upgrade?

Can I delete CS4 after I installed the CS5 upgrade, or will that have a negative effect?
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If you don't want to keep the older version:
uninstall the older version first, BEFORE installing the new version.
The Adobe Uninstallers have a nasty habit of messing with essential support files of the new version because they mistake them for the older versions. When that happens, you have to jump through hoops just to uninstall the damaged version, as not even the Uninstaller will work on it. (You would need something called the CS3Clean Script, CS4Clean Script aor CS5Clean. Avoid having to go there. Honest.)
All Adobe upgrades are FULL INSTALLERS. The Upgrade installer will simply ask you for the old serial numbers when it doesn't find an older qualifying version installed.
Once more:
Do NOT uninstall an older version after upgrading to a new one; do it BEFORE.
Foretold is forewarned.
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I am trying to install the cs5 upgrade on my new laptop, however, I cannot locate my cs4 program to install first. Am I out of luck?

I am trying to install the cs5 upgrade on my new laptop, however, I cannot locate my cs4 program to install first. Am I out of luck?

You do not need the older version installed in order to install the upgrade version, but you do need the serial number from CS4 to prove that you qualify for using CS5. During the activation process for CS5, after you successfully enter the CS5 serial number you will be asked to select the qualifying version (CS4) from a list and to enter its serial number.
If you registered CS4 when you originally installed it then you might be able to find the serial number available in your Adobe account online in the Products section.
Find your serial number quickly

After installation of cs4 extended upgrade update installations get "adobe setup has stopped working

I've used CS3 and CS4 expanded (upgrade) on my older computer with Windows XP and though slow, mainly after cs4 was installed, they worked well. I've recieved a new computer for christmas and am moving my CS3 and CS4 expanded (upgrad) to the new computer and am having some problems.
My new computer setup is this.....
Windows Vista , Premium Home edition (65bit) with SP1
Intel Core i7-920 Quad Core Processor
RAM -3GB DDR3
Amount of free disk space. 653 GB
Make/Model of Video Card. - ATI Radeon HD 4850
CS3 installs fine though on execution photoshop says that it prefers a dua core processor I click the continue button and it seems to run fine.
After installing CS3 I restart and upload CS4, which takes a long time!, then run bridge to install updates and thats where my first problem occurs.
When the updates are installing I get this message...."Adobe setup has stopped working" and windows looks for a solution which of course isn't there, ha!
So I've tried to use CS4 without the updates, run bridge, select a photo to open in photoshop and after photo opens in photoshop an error message comes up saying this "the specified modul could not be found C:\programfiles\commonfiles\adobe\Adobe Version Cue C44\client\4.0.1\Version Cue.DLL" and when I x out the error box photoshop closes, unable to use it any further (not bridge though)
I suspect this error message comes up because I can't do the updates? Either way I sure could use some help here!
Oh, and I've deactivated and reinstalled and the same happended after reinstallation.
Thanks in advance for any help you can give!

People like me, who distrust Adobe's updater, get the updates from the Adobe download site. That way you have control and you only get what you need. For example, if you are not working with colleagues on a network you don't need Version Cue.
Don't worry about the message regarding the processor. Adobe's installers are just as bad as their automatic updates and your processor is simply too new and they are not up-to-date. You may get similar false alarms with Bridge.

Question about CS5 Upgrade from CS3

Hi everyone,
I have Adobe CS3 and want to upgrade to CS5. I noticed Staples are selling the CS5 upgrade version for a decent price.
But it doesn't state if it's for CS4 or CS3/CS2. I contacted them, but they said they are both the same.... but I don't know if I can believe them.
Is the upgrade version for CS4 and CS3/CS2 the same thing in retail outlets? (i.e. you can enter in a CS4, CS3, and CS2 serial number for the same disc or is there separate products for each previous version - i.e. CS4 upgrade is different than a CS3 upgrade?)
I noticed when you buy it from the Adobe Store or even other sites like Newegg, they are marked as 'CS4 Upgrade' and 'CS3/CS2 Upgrade'... but on Staples its only 'Upgrade' and they told me it 'probably works for CS3 as well'.
Link to product on Staples site: http://www.staples.ca/ENG/Catalog/cat_sku.asp?CatIds=&webid=885931&affixedcode=WWhttp://www.staples.ca/ENG/Catalog/cat_sku.asp?webid=885938&CatIds=&AffixedCode=WW
Your help is greatly appeciated!
Thanks!
J

The upgrades are different in that they require different serial numbers for the upgrade. I don't believe you can use the CS 4 upgrade if you only have CS3. Call Customer Service to get an official response.

CS4 - CS5 Upgrade Installation Question

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