MacBook Pro Retina, Yosemite. I don't use Adobe CS5 any more. How do I kill the "To open 'CS5ServiceManager'" window that pops up every time I start up

I want to kill a ADOBE product related window that pups up on startup.

Look in a few locations in your finder under Library/Startupitems and also /Launch Daemons and /Launch Agents (also under Library) and also look under you "user account name"/library for these same sub folders. Also look in the System Preferences panel for "users" and then click the Login Items tab.
Somewhere in one of those places will be a file that is starting that Adobe item. Copy it as a back up to another place and then delete it and reboot to see if it gets rid of that message. Then if it does, test Creative Cloud, etc, to make sure that still functions as expected.

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Could it be because I'm using the same IP address over 2 devices? How can I set them differently?
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Hi.
Try putting these numbers in Network>TCP/IP>DNS Servers, for the Interface you connect with...
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208.67.220.220
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You can get external or internal drives from http://www.macsales.com/
I also suggest in the future, take care of this problem while it is still under warranty. It may have cost you nothing.
See this FAQ* on what may be at issue:
http://www.macmaps.com/cdrfailure.html

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Uninstalling Software: The Basics
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There are many utilities that can uninstall applications. Here is a selection:
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    3. Automaton 1.50
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    7. iTrash 1.8.2
    8. Amnesia
    9. Uninstaller 1.15.1
10. Spring Cleaning 11.0.1
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Clinton

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3. http://support.apple.com/kb/PH10930
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on-line https://getsupport.apple.com/GetproductgroupList.action
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