Installing CS3 (Volume License) for mass deployment via NetInstall (via OS X Server)

Hello.
I'm wondering if anyone has any experience using CS3 (volume license) for mass deployment? We used to manually install on machines, but as the size of the organization has grown, this has become more and more inconvenient. 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. To make this process more efficient (as all systems are set up the same way) we're now looking into using OS X 10.5 Server, NetInstall and a cloned system image for deployment to all machines.My question is, is there anything relating to CS3 that may cause issues with this process? Does CS3 installation bind itself to the hardware it was installed on? Since we are using a volume license, I don't have to worry about individual serial numbers and activating the system with Adobe, but again, I'm unsure if installations are somehow tied into the hardware they were installed on? Ideally, I'd install CS3 onto the "master" system and run all updates prior to making the final system image. Has anyone that's done this using CS3 provide any information that may help me out?
Thanks,
Kristin.

kristin,
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.
My only point was that you will be spending a lot of time and effort on a setup that is centered around older, discontinued software. And my thinking is that if you are going to the time and expense of revamping your office, why not do it right and include CS4? If you install CS3 now, when you do decide to upgrade to CS4, you will be giving yourself a lot of extra work. From my point of view, the added software cost would be a good investment
during the current systems overhaul. Otherwise, it just isn't a "complete upgrade". You're installing '07 parts on the '09 Mercedes.
Neil

Similar Messages

I need to install a volume license for Adobe Acrobat Pro from an old to a new computer

I need to install a volume license for Adobe Acrobat Pro from an old to a new computer
I have the correct License Key which I checked on Adobe License site but when I enter it
is says it's incorrect

Problem solved,
I found the original Adobe installation files on our system that we used to first intall Acrobat Pro.
Using these files with the correct volume license key we were able to install the programme on our new Computers.
I was also informed by Adobe Help that I could also download these file from the Adobe License website after logging in.
https://licensing2.adobe.com/
Click on Licenses / Download and then Software
Hope this might help anyone else with the same problem
Robert

Licensing for mass deployment

I'm using a number of Mac minis to run kiosks and would like to have just one monolithic disk image that I distribute to all of them, for ease of administration. But how do I manage the OS-X licensing in this situation? I shouldn't have to buy any additional volume licenses since each machine came with it's own licensed copy of OS-X, but what will happen if I put the same copy on all the machines?

Hi
The Disk you use is specific to the hardware amongst other things. As long as you have disks for the rest (which you clearly will) then any one of those Installer disks can be used to create a NetInstall and/or NetBoot nbi. Assuming you're using OSX Server's NetBoot Services?
Alternatively and again if you're using NetBoot Services, you can build one workstation with all desired settings and applications, 'sys prep' it by removing the workstations local computer name and again create a NetRestore and or NetBoot nbi.
I've built a number of 'Kiosk' type environments this way (Primary Schools, Libraries etc) with no issues regarding OS licensing. You're only problem if you decide to go the NetBoot route is if the network bandwidth is capable of handling the workstations you're planning to deploy? If you don't already have it Gigabit IMO should be standard to desktop.
My 2p
Tony

So I downloaded acrobat XI Standard from the Adobe website, when I go to install it, it says "Adobe XI Pro" at the top left corner. Can anyone shed some light on this for me? I have a volume license for XI Std. so I would like to use the Std. version.

So I downloaded acrobat XI Standard from the Adobe website, when I go to install it, it says "Adobe XI Pro" at the top left corner. Can anyone shed some light on this for me? I have a volume license for XI Std. so I would like to use the Std. version.

login and download your software from the adobe volume licensing website, Customer resources | Adobe Buying Programs

Activate / Deactivate Illustrator CS3 - Volume License

Hi Guys,
Well to start this topic, I must say I have never received such poor support for software as I have "received" from Adobe Chat Support team..
The case is as follows;
We have a volume license for Adobe Illustrator CS3 and haven't used it since somwhere before 2010. In 2010 we have moved to another city with our company. Therewith also renewing all hardware for our stylists. For over 5 years we haven't used Illustrator CS3, so we never thought about de-activating the software before getting rid of the old hardware. Since a couple months we have a new manager on the styling department, whom wants to introduce Illustrator again. Since all the stylists will need to be trained again for Illustrator, we'd like to do this in the CS3 version before upgrading to CC or CS6.
So the issue that comes up, is that I cannot activate the software, because the serial number that I've received many years ago, when buying the volume license, has been used too many times. This is because it was never deactivated on the old hardware.
The only option I had was to contact Support via Chat or Phone. Since I like to keep track on what have been said by both parties, I decided to go for the chat option..
If any of the Adobe Staff is reading along, the case number is 0215516123.
In a nutshell; If you have a retail version of a discontinued product with adobe, they can reset the activation count without any problems. If you buy bulk and have volume license, it all comes to this; please upgrade to the latest version.. There is nothing we can do for you..
Here is the complete chat log with 2 employees of Adobe, who are just not willing to help in ANY way.. I must say this really tested my patience and counting to ten skills..
Still looking for a solution tho, so any help is appreciated highly!
Thanks in advance!
=============================================================
Thank you for your patience.
While you wait, you can try our community forums where experts are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
You are now chatting with Naveen.
07:31:27
Naveen:
Hello. Welcome to Adobe Customer Support.
07:31:32
ME:
Hi Naveen, did my previous message come thru?
07:31:35
Naveen:
I'll be glad to help you with your issue today.
Your chat transcript will be sent to at the end of your chat.
07:32:28
ME:
that would be great!
07:34:19
Naveen:
May i know the operating system you are using?
07:34:25
ME:
W7 and W8
07:37:07
Naveen:
I am sorry to inform you but the CS3 is not compatible with windows 7 and 8.
07:37:24
ME:
What do you mean? The software works fine on W7 and W8
07:37:50
ME:
The issue I have is that from the 11 licenses that i've got, I got only 2 to activate
07:39:03
ME:
and thats probably because the old computers that we're phased out in 2010 had illustrator cs3 running on them. But since we didn't use it back then, we never thought about deactivating them.. Now the new styling manager wants to start working with Illustrator again, but I have the activation issue.
07:40:21
Naveen:
I am sorry but the CS3 is not compatible with windows7 and 8
07:41:22
ME:
How can you say that, it works fine on all of them.. 2 that have been succesfully activated and the other resigning ones are working fine on the 30 day trial.. We will be upgrading them sometime this year to CC or CS6. But for now we need to be able to activate the ones we have..
07:42:52
ME:
Your file was successfully uploaded: cs3.jpg.
07:43:01
ME:
Have a look for yourself
07:43:09
Naveen:
I have
07:43:25
Naveen:
http://www.adobe.com/store/en_us/popup/software/creativesuite/mastercollection/systemreqs. html
07:43:41
Naveen:
Please look the tech specs for the CS3
07:44:06
ME:
I have, so lets say I want to activate them over XP I have the Same issue, please help me resolve this issue
07:46:02
Naveen:
May I take the serial number please?
07:46:10
ME:
[removed by moderator]
07:47:06
Naveen:
Its a Volume license serial number, We need to transfer the chat to AVL team.
Please wait while we connect you to a representative.
You are now chatting with 'Deepti'
07:47:19
ME:
Thats fine by me
07:47:40
ME:
Hi Deepti
07:48:08
Deepti:
Hi,welcome to Adobe Support!
07:48:33
ME:
Thank you! Can you read the conversation back between me and Naveen?
07:50:51
Deepti:
Sure.
07:51:37
ME:
Great
07:51:49
ME:
I hope you can help me resolve this
07:52:30
Deepti:
So you are facing issues with CS3 license , right?
07:52:49
ME:
yes I could only activate 2 of the 11
07:53:58
Deepti:
I would have loved to help you in getting these license activated however, we are not supporting CS3 anymore. This is a very old version of Creative suite that you have.
07:55:44
ME:
I know that, but it is a license we paid for and still are i title to use according to the license rights.. And as I said, we have the intention to upgrade them this year to the latest CC or CS6 version. But we need to start somewhere again and still have these licenses. I work for 3 companies in the group I work for. And 2 of them have all of the latest versions available. This company is a little behind on things, but we do need your help to get further..
08:03:06
Deepti:
I would have helped if it would have been cs6 or CC. This is an obsolete product and we are not supporting it anymore. You can refer to forums.
08:03:46
ME:
How will the forums help me on activating licenses.. I'm not asking for product support, I'm asking for license activation support, for licenses that we have paid for!
08:04:53
ME:
Clearly it is only some reset button you have to use to empty out the registration/activations from before 2010.
08:05:33
ME:
To show we are trying to keep up to date with licenses and latest versions you can see the volume licenses registered to
08:06:05
ME:
I really don't understand the mindset where you don't help out a paying customer
08:06:22
Deepti:
I am sorry but we don't have any reset button for volume licenses.
08:07:23
ME:
It was ment figurely.. There must be something you can do to help? I get the feeling that the support you are "giving" only means getting customers to pay more for the latest versions.
08:07:50
ME:
which as said we will upgrade somewhere this year.. But my stylists need training first
08:08:03
ME:
Hence thats what we need to activate them for right now
08:08:52
ME:
We paid for the license and are in title to use them.. But you are blocking that right now..
08:09:09
ME:
Which is totally outrageous
08:11:33
Deepti:
Yes you are entitled to use them. You have the serial key. You can install the product and use it till the time you want. It's just that Adobe has stopped providing support for obsolete versions.
08:12:49
ME:
I understand, but since I cannot activate them over the internet It only works for 30 days... The connection is fine, the serial is volume licensing.. But adobe says no sorry cannot activate because of too many activations.. And I only used 2 out of 11.. So please provide me a solution!
08:22:05
Deepti:
I am so sorry but there is nothing that I can do . I mean I don't have any deactivation button that I could use to deactivate the license for you.
08:23:22
ME:
So what happens when a customer has CS6 and the hardware was disposed of, on which CS6 was installed and wasn't deactivated? He buys new hardware and has the same problem as I currently have.. What do you tell that customer? I'm sorry there is nothing we can do for you? I really doubt that..
08:30:23
Deepti:
CS6 version is still in the support boundary hence, if there is any activation issue that you are facing with CS6 , we would be supporting you for that.
08:31:38
ME:
Wow.. I have never ever experienced such poor support for software as I have today with you from Adobe.. This is really dissapointing, especially if you spend that much money on licenses to be compliant..
08:32:26
ME:
So please tell me, what options do I have to make this work?
08:51:01
ME:
It would be appreciated if you can answer my question?
08:59:50
Deepti:
I am sorry but this is out of support boundary. You can refer to the forums , I am sure you will find some information related to the activation queries.
09:01:22
ME:
I am reading on the support forums that support of adobe needs to clear the current activations..
09:01:34
ME:
Only you @ adobe can do that
09:02:28
ME:
You should be able to tell me how many activations of the CS3 illustrator are currently done in the licensing portal
09:02:37
ME:
and you should also be able to clear them!
09:03:00
ME:
https://forums.adobe.com/thread/441285
09:03:17
ME:
https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1324890
09:05:40
ME:
Manish-Sharma (in answer to Leonardophoto) It might have not got deactivated properly from your old computer hence contact Adobe Support to get the count of activation resetted.
09:05:59
ME:
everywhere I look I need you from Support to reset the count of activations..
09:06:05
ME:
So please help me with this
09:10:15
Deepti:
I would have not kept you waiting for so long if I would have the option to deactivate your license key.
09:11:09
ME:
Then how come Jeff A Wright (your collegue) refers to this in every post he makes on the forums regarding activation/deactivation reset count settings..?!
09:12:23
Deepti:
That is for retail licenses.
09:13:00
ME:
Wow, so as a customer who buys bulk there is no solution?
09:14:23
Deepti:
There is no such problem that the Volume license customers face.
09:21:26
ME:
So now your saying that my problem doesn't excist?

I have the following link to offer but I do not know if it leads to a solution for you...
Adobe Licensing Website | Serial numbers | Orders | Accounts

Photoshop CS3 Volume License Activation

Hey guys,
We are trying to activate Photoshop CS3 volume license we have but getting this message. How can we get it activated? This is a 43 user license we have, maybe 10 people here have it. We can't deactivate them because it's a volume license. We need Photoshop CS3 for Blu-ray authoring still, but have lots of people here on Creative Cloud 2014.
Is there still even a website to manage our CS3 volume license? I don't know of any way to do this. Adobe Creative Cloud phone support weren't able to help. The alternative activation via phone, when I called, just said to go to http://www.adobe.com/go/activation, which wasn't any help since AT ALL.

I have the following link to offer but I do not know if it leads to a solution for you...
Adobe Licensing Website | Serial numbers | Orders | Accounts

Is it possible to install a consumer app for mass usage that would alter the ios device proxy settings? Over the air not supervised. Can an app company use an MDM server to do this if the customer consents?

Is it possible to install a consumer app for mass usage that would alter the ios device proxy settings? Over the air not supervised. Can an app company use an MDM server to do this if the customer consents?

HI Chris,
Thanks for taking the time to reply.
Could you expand on your answer, which bit is very doubtful?
Also in your knowledge would Apple work with a company and license it if the software they were developing was desired by consumer demand?
Thanks
Gary

I bought a volume license for CS6. How do I now get a serial number for prior version (CS5.5)?

I bought a volume license for CS6 Design Standard. Because of my system restrictions for now I can only run a prior version (CS5.5). I have also previously downloaded its trial version which works perfect. Now, after buying a license for CS6 I would like to get a serial number for a prior version as well. How would I go about receiving it?
Many thanks in advance!
Nelle

Hi Nelle,
You can request downgrade from Adobe, but you can't get back to CS6 after that, so it might be better to upgrade your system?
Anyway, in my laptop CS6 has been running faster and better than CS5.5 without any changes to system, so you could give it a try before downgrading...
Joni

Does a volume license for Adobe Acrobat 9 Standard entitle me to make an upgrade to Adobe Acrobat VI Standard?

Does a volume license for Adobe Acrobat 9 Standard entitle me to make an upgrade to Adobe Acrobat VI Standard?

It's XI not VI (roman numerals for eleven).
Probably not. It does depend to an extent on the volume licensing program that is in use. Some programs include update rights - that doesn't mean you can buy an upgrade, it means the program manager can get upgrades.
If you are one of those people who have a volume license "cut off" from your program manager e.g. after leaving a company, I think that is the end of the line.

Volume licensing for Acrobat pro or standard

We might purchase Adobe Acrobat XI pro or standard.
We have 10-12 computers that program needs.
Can we get volume licensing for acrobat pro or standard?
how much it would be for pro and standard?

Team license links that may help
-http://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/buy/business.html
-manage your team account http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1460939?tstart=0

How can I get a volume license for App store?

I Have a businessbased in Christchurch, New Zealand, team of 12 using 10+ Macs.
Is there a volume license for small business? I need ti=o up grade the OS and several applications but dont want to manage 10 + apple ID accounts.
Thanks

The Apple Support Communities are an international user to user technical support forum. As a man from Mexico, Spanish is my native tongue. I do not speak English very well, however, I do write in English with the aid of the Mac OS X spelling and grammar checks. I also live in a culture perhaps very very different from your own. When offering advice in the ASC, my comments are not meant to be anything more than helpful and certainly not to be taken as insults.
Since you are in New Zealand, the US website is useless to you. Here is what is available in NZ, which at this point does not appear to include businesses, only educational institutions;
http://www.apple.com/nz/mac/volume-licensing/

Volume license for 3 only works for 2

RE: Adobe Premium CS4
Can anyone from Adobe help? No error, just do not accept. A (X) beside the serial box.
Called Adobe and be transfered to Customer service to Technical Support and back again and cut.
Thanks!

There probably is no volume license for 3 users. A regular commericial license allows two simulataneous activations with unlimited installs. You can de-activate and re-activate a limited number of times. I think 10 or 20 activations are allowed.
Message was edited by: Michael Kazlow

Can't run FW CS3! "Licensing for this product has stopped working."

I purchased and downloaded FW CS3 this morning. I received my
serial number and once the file had completed downloading I ran the
installer. Everything seems to be working fine, and the install
finished without a hitch. I then tried to open the application as
was greeted with the following error message:
Licensing for this product has stopped working.
You cannout use this product at this time. You must repair
the problem by unistalling and then reinstalling this product of
contacting your IT administrator or Adobe customer support for
help."
I've unistalled (using the adobe utility) and reinstalled
twice without any luck.
I'm on OS X 10.4.9 w/an Intel Core Duo and 1GB of ram. I had
previously installed the Fireworks CS 3 Beta, but uninstalled it a
month or so ago.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi Shaun,
This is a user to user forum. You'll need to contact Adobe
Customer
Service to have this resolved.
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=77086966
Linda Rathgeber [PVII] *Adobe Community Expert-Fireworks*
http://www.projectseven.com
Fireworks Newsgroup:
news://forums.projectseven.com/fireworks/
CSS Newsgroup: news://forums.projectseven.com/css/
http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/

Which License is good OEM, OLP or Volume Licensing for small company

Dear Admins,
Actually I am setting up a lab for a small company with 25 users. Confused which license to purchase. Vendor sent us quotation in which he mentions we have to purchase "HP Server DL-380 -G8 Intel Xeon 2.5GHZ " in order to install windows server
2008 R2 OEM Edition CD. Actually I just want to know. Can't we purchase a assembled computer/Machine and purchase Windows Server 2008 R2 OEM CD for successful implementation?. Now, My question to you is. What is this OLP and OEM. Does OLP mean
we can install Windows Server in assemebled computer or machine and OEM means only dedicate company machine is capable to install OEM edition, Just confused, Please let me know. It is just a small company with 25 users. What do you recommend. Thank you for
your support.
Best Regards,
Fahad Ahmed.

Hi Fahad,
Couple of things to remember as well
OEM licences comes with the machine probably you have seen laptops and desktop has a windows key sticker that's an OEM license. Only limitation with OEM is you can't use OEM license anywhere else then the machine you have bought it with. If an OEM license
machine dies license will die as well.
With volume license you have the freedom to move around the license. If you have only one license on one machine at one time.
Also when you buy a windows server license it comes with 5 user CALs. So that's why you have to buy 20 more.
Now if you want to know what are the CALs, so CAL is a Client Access License require for a
user/device to access windows server. For example if you have a user and he wants to access share files or printer from the server you will require a user CAL. So if 25 users will access the Server you will require 25 CALs.
Best thing to do is to speak with your account Manager from Dell or HP regarding the license side as normally they are really good in helping.
Hope this helps :)

Volume Licensing for Single Font [family]

My company is interested in using a single font for documents created through automation. Typically, automation will create an original document that will then be reviewed and edited by multiple users. So ultimately we'll need to install the font on something like 200 end user's computers in order for them to see the document with the corect font (Word format).
What kind of volume licensing would we need for this purpose? I don't seem to see individual font licensing for anything over a few seat licenses.
I'd appreciate any insight. Thanks in advance.

Each font license on Adobe's Type Store is good for up to five users, and we provide a sliding discount scale for up to 99 licenses.
To cover 200 users, all you need to do is to buy 40 licenses.

Installing CS3 (Volume License) for mass deployment via NetInstall (via OS X Server)

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for