I'm a teacher using CS3 Design premium suite (PhotoShop, Flash, & Dreamweaver primarily) help on activation

we had two machines re-imaged and after reloading the CS3 and the key it baulks about too many activations this is a volume license. This product is no longer supported, how can I get my key to work and activate the CS3 Suite

If you have a volume license make sure you are downloading the applications thru the volume licensing site and not from the general public one. Adobe Licensing Website | Serial numbers | Orders | Accounts

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m,
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I use CS3 design premium and cannot use the license anymore. It won't start up and I can't deactivate.

I got an error saying that Licensing stopped working. We downloaded an small .exe file (LicenseRecover), but it didn't work.
We started the computer again and we got another error, saying that we had to uninstall and reinstall. But If we uninstall, we uninstall without deactivating, so that is not an option.
This is the error we get when starting CS3 right now: You cannot use this product at this time. You must repair the problem by uninstalling and then reinstalling this product, or contacting your IT administrator, or Adobe customer support for help.
So I tried online customer support. Seems there is no online support anymore for CS3!
How can I get it to work again? I really need the software for my job.

If you only installed and activated the software once previously, you still have an extra activation available to you. So if that's the case you can uninstall and reinstall and reactivate using your serial number.
You can also get Adobe support thru chat to reset your activations - they are likely not available until after the weekend. Do not ask for more than that though or they will tell you they do not support installation issues for older software.
For the link below click the Still Need Help? option in the blue area at the bottom and choose the chat option...
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>>>>Please understand that this is a User to User forum and not an official channel to communciate with Adobe. Typically you would call Adobe Customer Support to get answers to the type of question you pose.
I KNOW that. It was a lame attempt to be funny. Clearly didn't work.
>>>>>Those shady "buy cheap software" sites refer to are typically hawking hacked and/or pirated software and if you buy that stuff, no are no less guilty than those you buy it from.
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I use a Macbook Pro with Leopard OS X version 10.5.8, 2.6 Ghz Intel Core Duo, $ GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM.
I use Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium which came with Acrobat 8 Professional. Now, for a while I've been having issues updating Acrobat because it said it had been modified blah blah and something about plugins being disabled, so to rectify reinstall and run updates. I've seen alot of people on forums with this same issue.
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I resorted to using the live chat feature that Adobe have on the website. We found that once everything was uninstalled and then just reinstalled Acrobat alone, I wasn't asked to insert the Photoshop Elements 6 CD to continue and everything was fine. No problems. But, when I tried to then reinstall the rest of the suite, it asked for the CD.
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I recently got a new computer and transferred programs over to it (it's a Mac Pro). But now my Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional application no longer works so I need to reinstall. (Acrobat 8 originally was bundled with CS3 Design Premium.) I no longer have the disks for these programs, so I downloaded the CS3 Design Premium from Adobe's website. Upon opening up the .dmg file and starting the install process, I'm prompted with an "Install Error" telling me: "Please insert Adobe Photoshop CS4 to continue installation." I do not have a disk for PS CS4. How do I continue the install??
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I have a license for CS3 Design Premium but no disk. Where exactly can I download the software? The solution offered on the Adobe website does not work ...

I have a license for CS3 Design Premium but no disk. Where exactly can I download the software? The solution offered on the Adobe website (CS3-Produkte herunterladen) does not work ...

If the page you linked does not work then it should so what happens when you try? It is possible that it might be a simple matter of you enabling cookies or trying another web browser.
You can also try to download the trial version of the software thru the page linked below and then use your current serial number to activate it.
Be sure to follow the steps outlined in the Note: Very Important Instructions section on the download pages at this site and have cookies enabled in your browser or else the download will not work properly.
CS3 and CS4: http://prodesigntools.com/download-adobe-cs4-and-cs3-free-trials-here.html

Question about purchasing Adobe CS3 Design Premium as a university student...?

Do you think Adobe CS3 Design Premium $450.00 is a good deal if I can't get a pirated version from anyone else?
Should I feel guilty for spending that money (it's for university, a graphic design program) or should I be content that I'm being a good citizen?
According to Apple's site, it's about $2500 retail price, $750 with the educational price, and $450 if you buy it with a Mac and the educational price...
I was just feeling a little dumb when other kids were saying that they have pirated software and think it's silly to buy it. But then again, I don't really have anyone to get it off of anyway..
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If you have a legitimate, purchased copy it has always been the case
in the past that you can purchase upgrades to the next version for a
reduced price.
The question of pirated software is not just a legal one but a moral
one. Here is one perspective to consider (since you're obviously not 100% comfortable with the "it suits me better to pay nothing so I'll steal it" philosophy that some of your peers espouse). Perhaps you are thinking of a career in graphic design? Well, how would you feel if something you'd worked on for a year was taken by big companies without paying you a cent, used to sell expensive products, for book covers, for fancy web sites and TV adverts?
If this makes you uncomfortable, consider that the only thing that
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