Lightroom Activation Question

I am new to Lightroom and haven't used an Adobe product since Photoshop 7 where activation wasn't required.
How many times can I install Lightroom? I understand that with CS2 I can only install it for ether Mac or Windows platform but not both. Is is true for Lightroom as well? How many/what changes will trigger the need for reactivation of Lightroom?
Regards

Checkout this FAQ to see if the advice helps:
Lightroom prompts you to enter your serial number each time you launch.
It is not exactly as you claim, but maybe it will help.
Don
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Hi,
Sorry in advance if this has been asked before...
I think the EULA for CS3 allows for installing CS3 on 2 machines as long as the 2 installations of CS3 aren't being used at the same time. When I go to install it on my 2nd PC, when it comes to Activation, it says I've maxed out my Activations. Am I supposed to keep Deactivating from one PC and Re-Activate on the 2nd PC each time I want to use it?
I really don't think I ever installed CS3 on any other of my machines, or if I ever did I know I uninstalled it, because I don't have CS3 anywhere, except for one PC.
Any help appreciated!

New information posted today by Adobe.
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To make it easier to get help with activation questions, we’ve recently added a new service where customers can choose to chat live with an Adobe customer service agent to activate their product. This is available from Monday to Friday between 6am – 2pm Pacific time.
To chat with an agent, visit our online Support Portal at http://www.adobe.com/go/supportportal
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Alternatively, you can go to the Activation Phone number page at http://www.adobe.com/activation/phonenumbers.html
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Lightroom 3 question

I imported a number of images taken from products but need to remove the background, Photoshop does not show in the ''open in other application'' for Editing purposes, do I need to get photoshop or can I still do it with Lightroom 3 or do I need to update my Lightroom to the latest version?? Thanks in advance, Cheers, James.

Hi There, and thanks for the answer! I don't have Photoshop the only thing I have is Light room, can Lightroom do this task or do I have to purchase Photoshop ?? And by the way, if Lightroom can't do that what for to have Lightroom anyway, I would think that Photoshop can do everything that Lightroom can - or am I missing something?
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If you already had photoshop, when you installed lightroom, it should have found photoshop for you. Is it possible the psd file association is not set for photoshop? That can happen if you uninstall a previous version of photoshop with a newer version still on your system.
Check the file association in both the OS's file browser (explorer or finder) and in bridge.
Failing all of that, lightroom should have a third option that will allow you to browse to a image editor of your choice.
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Activation question: Lightroom

If I deactivate LR CC on my computer #1 so that I can activate it on computer #3 Will I be able to reactivate it on #1 whenever I want in the future (even multiple times) as long as I deactivate it on another computer so that I only have it on 2 at a time. Or once I deactivate it from Computer #1 will on not be allowed to reactivate it on that one again?@

There is no activation mechanism in Lightroom.
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The onus is on you to abide by the license agreement and only install it on a maximum of two computers at the same time - only using it on one computer at a time.

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--- When you hit a wrong note its the next note that makes it good or bad. --- Miles Davis

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I cannot use KMS server (there are reasons for now). So I have to use MAK. I know that it is possible later on to convert MAK to KMS.
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http://searchenterprisedesktop.techtarget.com/tip/Using-Active-Directory-activation-and-other-new-Office-2013-tools
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You're not alone :) Pardon the following dissertation..
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Mark Sloane wrote:
I currently use Bridge, Raw and CS4 in a Vista environment and am very happy. I am finding the need to manage my images and am looking at Lightroom to help me. My issue has been that I have 2 x 300GB drives, 1 x 750 GB drive and 2 x 1TB drives and did not want to address a query to each individual drive.
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