Photoshop UI too small on retina display (windows 8.1 bootcamp on a macbook)

Like the title, everything is too small. This applies to all my adobe software. The software was given by my school and not pirated , I can update all of them. Now photoshop is at 13.0.1 and it won't update any further. Help?

I don't know if it does, but as the software running on the Mac that could be aware of the Mac's retina display, Bootcamp should provide some sort of pixel-doubling compatability mode or something, right?
It still isn't clear why you are not using the Mac version. Do you have a serial number? Have you tried installing the Mac version and using the serial number to activate it?
If you're not sure of the serial number, anymore, you can try using the Belarc Advisor to analyze your Bootcamp partition and find various Adobe serial numbers:
http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html
And if what the school has provided doesn't use serial numbers, then talk to them about supplying a Mac version for you, then.

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