Re: Activation Server shut down for Creative Suite 2, Acrobat 7 and Macromedia products

Software : Adobe Encore DVD 2.0 / UK, purchased october 24, 2006
Operating system : Windows XP home edition / SP3  Computer : Pentium 4 / 1,8GHz - 512 MB
Other software : Adobe Premiere 6.5 / Photoshop Elements 5.0 / QuickTime 7, etc.
My harddrive crashed and I lost all my software. I had to reinstall. Everything is okay now but when I activate Encore DVD 2.0, I get the message "Activation server shut down for ........."   I searched for the free download (without activating) of the CS 2 Premium, but I cold not find it. I only found the normal CS 2.
Who can help me.

If what you want is not at this link, http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/creative-suite-2-activation-end-life.htm l that would indicate that Adobe did not provide a special version

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