Photoshop CS3 stopped working - Error - Unable to continue because of a hardware or system error.

Unable to continue because of hardware or system error. Sorry, but this error is unrecoverable. (reinstalled software (CS3) not working. Next step - Any advice please?

Hi
This forum serves Photoshop.com, an online portal and service, separate from the desktop app. Could you please repost your question here: http://forums.adobe.com/community/photoshop/general
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Photoshop "Unable to continue because of a hardware or system error.

Originally installed adobe photoshop cs. This couldn't be activated and support was contact they advised to uninstall and install adobe photoshop cs2 with a serial number provided that was provided with the link. CS couldn't be uninstalled due to the following errors 'epmty temp folder' (which was done) 'program may be in use' (it wasn't) 'no internet connectivity' (internet connectivity was active). Support couldn't assist with this. So Cs2 was installed and activated successfully. However as soon as photoshop is started the following error is displayed "Unable to continue because of a hardware or system error. Sorry, but this error is unrecoverable." I've reset prefences and also removed the nvidia video driver after reading a thread photoshop has known issues with nvidia drivers. Also tried logging in an another user. I am now out of ideas as to what to try to get this to work. Can anyone suggest anything that may get this resolved.
Thanks

zipform wrote:
Originally installed adobe photoshop cs. This couldn't be activated and support was contact they advised to uninstall and install adobe photoshop cs2 with a serial number provided that was provided with the link. Thanks
You mention a link. Did you download the special CS2 installation file, and not use an original CS2 file?
Your system originally had CS on it? CS is ten years old. How old is the computer you are using?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Photoshop#CS
How does this system stack up with the minimum requirements for CS2?
http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/system-requirements-photoshop.html#main_ Older_Versions
Remember these are _minimum_ requirements, which in reality means not even close!
If you think your system should be up to it, do what Station said, and give us a very full description of your system and operating system. (Unless it is Windows XP. )

Unable to continue because of a hardware or system error. sorry but this error is unrecoverable

I am using PSE 9 and am running on a XP .
When I open the editor , I get an error message " unable to continue because of a hardware or system error. sorry but this error is unrecoverable "
Please heeeeeeeeeelp me ..!

Bump up as many times as you want... nobody can help without DETAILS
More information needed for someone to help http://forums.adobe.com/thread/416679
Some specific information that is needed...
Brand/Model Computer (or Brand/Model Motherboard if self-built)
Build a Configuration file http://www.piriform.com/speccy
How much system memory you have installed, such as 2Gig or ???
Operating System version, such as Win7 64bit Pro... or whatevevr
-including your security settings, such as are YOU the Administrator
-and have you tried to RIGHT click the program Icon and then select
-the Run as Administrator option (for Windows, not sure about Mac)
Your Firewall settings and brand of anti-virus are you running
Brand/Model graphics card, sush as ATI "xxxx" or nVidia "xxxx"
-or the brand/model graphics chip if on the motherboard
-and the exact driver version for the above graphics card/chip
-and how much video memory you have on your graphics card
Brand/Model sound card, or sound "chip" name on Motherboard
-and the exact driver version for the above sound card/chip
Size(s) and configuration of your hard drive(s)... example below
-and how much FREE space is available on each drive (in Windows
-you RIGHT click the drive letter while using Windows Explorer
-and then select the Properties option to see used/free space)
Windows Indexing is BAD http://forums.adobe.com/thread/676303
While in Properties, be sure you have drive indexing set OFF
-for the drive, and for all directories, to improve performance
Some/Much of the above are available by going to the Windows
Control Panel and then the Hardware option (Win7 option name)
OR Control Panel--System--Hardware Tab--Device Manager for WinXP
And the EXACT type and size of file that is causing you problems
-for pictures, that includes the camera used and the pixel dimensions

Unable to continue because of a hardware or system error. Sorry, but is unrecoverable.

This occoured in Photoshop CS3 today. All other Adobe products are functioning normaly on this system. Premiear CS3, Encore, Audition function fine. Photoshop was working fine then failedduring the evening. We have removed and reloaded Photoshop CS3 and recieve the same error. Still the remaining Products run as expected. All other Aplications on the system run normaly as well. No other indications of hardware issues are logging. Any advice? There is ample memory and space available on this system.

Have you trashed the prefs? If not, try that. Other than that we'd at least need some basic info about your system and some info from your system's event viewer regarding the crashes...
Mylenium

Unable to continue because of a hardware or system error. Sorry, but this error is unrecoverable. :P

Im having a problem when running photoshop CS5.1
after deleting some fonts that were making the machine slow, I started having photoshop not running; a sign would appear like this:
Im running windows 7 ultimate. This happened after erasing many fonts that i wasnt using on my windows/fonts folder, so my guess is that i erased some fonts photoshop used or something like that. any idea where I can find a package that photoshop requires to work?
Indesign is working smoothly, so apparently only t
I was doing research to fix this problem and found the answer that worked for some: ctrl+shift+alt then erase preferences. But in this case didnt work.
Adobe Flash Professional 5.5, Adobe media encoder, and Adobe after effects arent working neither.
I found some answers related to how photoshop might not work with some fonts, or without some fonts, but cantt figure out which:
http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=98975f
Thanks in advance

The fonts required for Photoshop CS5 are listed at the bottom of this document:
Troubleshoot fonts | Photoshop CS5
You may want to look at performing a repair install of Windows as well. This doesn't require anything super complicated, it simply checks for missing system files and adds them back in. But you need a Windows installation disk (where the replacement files will come from).

Unable to continue because of a hardware or system error...

...Sorry, but this error is unrecoverable.
Este problema me está matando...me sale aleatoriamente cada x tiempo sin razón aparente. No he tocado nada de configuración y ha aparecido de un día para otro al arrancar el PC. He desinstalado, reinstalado; desinstalado, reiniciado y reinstalado; lo mismo en otra partición...imposible, sigue sin arrancar. He leído en foros ingleses sobre un problema ocn excesivas fuentes...nada. Tenía mil fuentes y funcionaba ok y he instalado algunas más y borrado otras tantas y me he quedado con 500 nada más, o sea que no puede ser eso supongo. ¿Qué puedo hacer? Ayuda POR FAVOR! Gracias.

Hola Claudio
Primeramente debo aclarar que no soy ningún puritano en ningún aspecto en particular. Fui músico por muchos años de mi vida, y vi he hice de todo lo que hay por hace o mirar. Sin embargo, aunque llegué a tener algunos problemas, jamás inicie alguno por tratar de imponer mis ideas, costumbres o simplemente por comentarios maliciosos sobre otras personas.
Personalmente a mí, no me importa tanto los problemas gramaticales, especialmente en los foros de Internet, sin embargo, si me preocupan los ataques directos hacia otras personas a quienes se les ataca por el solo propósitos de atacar, sin tener alguna razón específica para ello. Por ejemplo; si en este foro, que fue creado con el propósito para problemas de Photoshop, se pregunta como hacer para conseguir una acción, y se pregunta con varios errores gramaticales, yo no tendría ningún problema personal, moral o ético, para responder. Ahora, ataques personales ya es otro cantar.
Sin moderador va a estar difícil para controlar este foro, o cualquier otro foro, por lo tanto creo yo, que es el deber de todos de tratar de mantener este lugar exclusivamente para lo que fue creado. Quizás deberíamos tratar de abrir otro fólder para temas mas abiertos, como un café (?) Quizás en el fólder de Otros Temas?
Tus sugerencias y la de otros serian valiosísima para intentar algo así. Por ejemplo, yo radico en el norte de California y quizás alguien necesite fotografías de San Francisco o Yosemite, o hablar del clima en España, Chile, o de cualquier otro país. Las ganancias y conocimientos serian tremendas creo yo. Y no lo digo como negocio, sino como crecimiento personal.
Como sea Claudio, gracias por tu contestación, y créemelo que no esperaba menos de ti.
Un saludo y un fuerte apretón de manos.
Sin más
Daniel Ulysses

Why did my copy of Photoshop CS3 stop working? The message tells me that Adobe has stopped licensing it. I love it. I want to use it. How?

My copy of Photoshop CS3 has stopped working. I love it. I am very familiar with it. I paid hundreds of dollars for it. When I click on it (W/my MAC) I get a message that reads: "You cannot use this product at this time. You must repair the product by contacting Adobe Customer Support."
So how do I repair it so it works again? I've called the "Chat" forum three times and they do nothing. Please help...I use this Photoshop CS3 for work.
I have the serial number, but not the original disc which was damaged.
Thank you in advance.
Rob Taylor
I am trying to run it under Mac OS 10.9.5

The simplest way to clear it up is usually a re-install. Here is a link to the installers: Download CS3 products. Have your serial number ready.
If this fails, I am going to direct you to this thread: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1714695 Start at post #11.
Benjamin

Photoshop CS3 stops working shortly after startup? Help!

Sometimes it stops working during startup, but for the most part, it starts up and when I go to open a new canvas or open a file it stops working and has to be closed.
It just recently started doing this, and I've tried getting rid of it and reinstalling, and resetting the prefrences, but it keeps happening.
Is there anything I can do to fix this?
I've got Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit English.

I got it on the web, and I've never updated it because I've never had an issue in all the years I've had it
I did the shift/alt/ctrl tonight, and it didn't make a difference. I don't have any plug-ins for cs3. I'm up-to-date with computer updates as far as I know. I clean out my internet cache all the time, and I'm not sure how to do font validation.

My Photoshop CS3 stops working immediately upon loading

A pop up appears saying it has encountered a problem to stop it working correctly. I've tried to reload the software to repair it, which I'm told has been successful, but when I try to load CS3 again the problem is still there. Please can anyone advise? I've been successfully using CS3 for years and have never encountered this before.

Delete the preferences in the respective folder:
Important Directories
Anything beyond that wil lrequire much more information on your part.
Mylenium

Photoshop cs3 stopped working

When I try to poen a file a receive an error image "the specified module could not be found.C:\programFiles\common Files\adobe\adobe Version CyeCs3|3.1.0\VersionCueUI.DLL". When I tried to reinstall it, I only end up having only DreamweaverCS3 reinstalled. The rest failed.
Do I uninstall before reinstalling it?
Thank you!

Hi,
This error can be caused by a failed update to the Version Cue Client. Please follow the steps in the technical document http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/403/kb403266.html
Hope it helps.

Unable to continue because of hardware or system error. Sorry, but this error is unrecoverable

photoshop cs3 stopped working. get error - unable to continue because of a hardware or system error. Sorry but the error is unrecoverable. Reloaded software - but not resolved. Any advice? Someone mentioned Settings files or profiles?

This occoured in Photoshop CS3 today. All other Adobe products are functioning normaly on this system. Premiear CS3, Encore, Audition function fine. Photoshop was working fine then failedduring the evening. We have removed and reloaded Photoshop CS3 and recieve the same error. Still the remaining Products run as expected. All other Aplications on the system run normaly as well. No other indications of hardware issues are logging. There is ample memory and space available on this system.
Someone else suggested I trash my PREFS (I am not sure How I proceed in doing that - any advice on how to delete the prefs - willing to try that at this point) Thanks

Unable to continue: hardware or system error

Hello,
I tried starting up PE8 today, and received this message:
Unable to continue because of a hardware or system error. Sorry, but this error is unrecoverable.
This only occurs while opening "Edit," but not "Organize."
I'm fairly certain I know what has caused the error - I uninstalled an old trial version of Premiere Elements the other day, just to clear out some space on my computer, and I'm guessing that uninstalled something that shouldn't have been uninstalled, something that was also used by Photoshop Elements.
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I have a license for two computers, and both licenses are in use.
Is this error really unrecoverable? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

i777k
Deleting the settings file has been known to resolve this type of issue. How did you go about resetting/deleting the preferences folder?
http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/kb/preference-file-locations-photoshop-elements. html
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ATR

Problem with PSE8.. "Unable to continue because..."

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Are you trying to open the Organizer or the Editor?
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