Deploying CS3

I have been through all the guide's onine and havent been able to deploy Adobe CS3 Master Collection, i tried to do a silent intall but it does'nt complete, so i thought i would try and see what part it gets stuck at. It seems to get stuck at the serial part of the install which, i don understand why as he serial i provide works perfectly when i do a manual install and i have copied that into Application.xml.Override file

Steven,
Who me? Or are you asking Adobe in this User-to-User forum?

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Trying to install CS3 Web Premium on a Mac intel w 10.5.2 and I cannot get the installer to launch. It did not auto run as the instructions indicated and there was no Setup MacOS file that I could find on the dvd, but I did find Setup.app. Launching this fails almost instantly with an error:
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Thinking i might have had some previous adobe junk, i've also run the adobe clean up script at level 4. No effect on the crashing installer.
Any ideas?

I am installing a brand new MacPro with OS X 10.5.2. It is a machine upgrade for the user so all of her previous user files were also transferred during the setup. Two days ago we got our new CS3 site license upgrade discs and I was using it to install a fresh copy of CS3 Standard. We had a 5 user license disc that we were using to test before deploying CS3 to the users so we know that we can install from that disc, unfortunately it is a CS3 Premium disc and a different serial number.
Also of note, once the setup.app crashes (actually it never really launches) other apps, like Safari also will no longer launch. I have repaired disk permissions and the next thing I will try is installing as another user, but it looks like you guys have already tried that.
Any help would be wonderful, this user returns from vacation on Monday!
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Error 1335: file corrupted Media.cab (CS3 Web Premium)

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Hello,
I have Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Premium and am having trouble reinstalling the applications.
I had to remove them from my switch and when I reinstall the error 1335 appears corrupted file, in case Media.cab, I saw my media and is a risk with it, but do not know whether this risk is due. I wonder if someone had the same problem, it failed to respond or if you can put the Media.cab of CS3 Web Premium for me to download.
Have I contacted the media in Brazil, but the clerk informed me that they do not give more support for this product and that I should contact the forum to try to solve.
(Note: Sorry my English, translated on the Web)
PT_BR
Olá,
Tenho o Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Premium e estou tendo problemas em reinstalar os aplicativos.
Tive que remover eles do meu comutador e quando fui reinstalar aparece o Erro 1335 de arquivo corrompido, no caso Media.cab, estive vendo minha mídia e está com um risco nela, porém não sei se é decorrente deste risco. Gostaria de saber se alguém teve o mesmo problema, se conseguiu responder ou se consegue colocar o Media.cab do CS3 Web Premium para eu baixar.
Já entrei em contato com o suporte no Brasil, porém a atendente me informou que não dão mais suporte a este produto e que eu deveria entrar em contato pelo fórum para tentar resolver.

I am installing a brand new MacPro with OS X 10.5.2. It is a machine upgrade for the user so all of her previous user files were also transferred during the setup. Two days ago we got our new CS3 site license upgrade discs and I was using it to install a fresh copy of CS3 Standard. We had a 5 user license disc that we were using to test before deploying CS3 to the users so we know that we can install from that disc, unfortunately it is a CS3 Premium disc and a different serial number.
Also of note, once the setup.app crashes (actually it never really launches) other apps, like Safari also will no longer launch. I have repaired disk permissions and the next thing I will try is installing as another user, but it looks like you guys have already tried that.
Any help would be wonderful, this user returns from vacation on Monday!
Thanks,
Laura

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Hello All,
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i have been charged with the task of maintaining 40+ Macs of various specs for a graphics department. I need to deploy CS3 to machines all over the building, many of them not networked. The install understandably takes a little while and requires me flitting between machines swapping the discs round a lot. It would be grand if I could have the install on a USB/FW drive, plug in and toddle off on other jobs while it works it's magic. Is this possible and where might I look for more info?
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My application.xlm.override is:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<Data key="Serial" protected="0">13251xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</Data>
<Data key="Registration">Suppress</Data>
<Data key="EULA">Suppress</Data>
<Data key="Updates">Suppress</Data>
</Payload>
</Configuration>
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><Deployment>
<Properties>
<Property name="installLanguage">en_US</Property>
<Property name="eula_EPIC_EULA_ACCEPTED">1</Property>
<Property name="eula_EPIC_EULA_SELECTED">0</Property>
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<Payload adobeCode="{FB245ED0-CD60-4B9C-9EB2-CDB63D189087}">
<Action>install</Action>
</Payload>

<Payload adobeCode="{86B6D6BA-3231-4EF8-9C32-5DF258D3DB90}">
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</Payload>

<Payload adobeCode="{A38BA97D-690D-487B-AA57-ED9F61AE5CC5}">
<Action>install</Action>
</Payload>
</Payloads>
</Deployment>
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hi
read your issue, are you trying to deploy the software ??
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http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/400/kb400593.html
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No one is withholding a reply from you because you're using CS3. It is just that no one who may know the answer has wandered by. The folks who help here are Adobe product users, like you.
>This summer we're planning on a complete upgrade to all systems and during this process we're doing HD formatting and clean installations of all systems and software.
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Thank you for the suggestion try67, I'll attempt to be a little more clear. For many of our customers, we get the volume license of CS3 and we are able to build drive images for them with CS3 and all the updates. The process I am talking about is the ability to create a package installer, which we can do with many other applications. For most applications, it goes like this..
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2. Install the application
3. Install all updates
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4. Take another snapshot of the machine.
5. Create a package installer of the CS3 installation with all the current updates.
Why do this? We service 1000's of systems over 100's of customers and have many technicians that have to install the CS3 suite. We don't want to spend more time on this task then is necessary. Additionally, it saves the customer money because the package installer is significantly faster than the CD/DVD install and the technician doesn't have to sit there repetitively installing Adobe updates. The other option is for us to take those site licenses, put them on machines and build package installers of those every time there is an Adobe update, not a very realistic option. Plus, that doesn't help us with the small installations that don't have site licensing.
The ability to build a package installer is useful regardless as to if you are a single person shop or you have lots of technicians. The only people who don't like package installers or disk images are those that like to overcharge the customer
As far as conforming to the EULA, some of our customers are large Adobe customers and they build these package installers all the time (on Windows and Mac). Their lawyers have already vetted the process through the EULA. To be clear, the installer is not serialized, so once it is installed, the serial number must be added to make the software active.
If you look at CS3 suite, you can easily make a package installer based upon my initial post, but the reserialization routine in CS3 does not reserialize Acrobat. All we're asking is that the routine handle all the applications that came with the suite or some method of calling the proper routine that will reserialize Acrobat.
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