Re-install CS3 (Design Premium)

I had a crash on my iMac. When I tried to re-install my (in 2007 purchased) CS3 software, I got the message that it was an invalid serial number.
Also "redeeming" the number through the site doesn't work.
I have used the software for 7 years now, why doesn't it work anymore? I payed a conciderable amount of money for it, 2400 euro's and I want it to work again soon!
Please tell me what to do, or what you can do!
Regards,
Michèl Wehkamp
The Netherlands

CS3 is from before the Cloud, so you may get better help in a forum for your product
If you start at the Forums Index http://forums.adobe.com/index.jspa
You will be able to select a forum for the specific Adobe product(s) you use
Click the "down arrow" symbol on the right to open the drop down list and scroll
ADDED
http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/find-serial-number.html may also help

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Thank you Bturko in the future only migrate/copy/transfer your documents and settings. Adobe applications especially are not designed to be transferred from one computer to another. It is possible to recover however. I would recommend the following steps:
Run the uninstaller located in Applications/Utilities/Adobe Installers
Run the CC Cleaner Tool to ensure complete removal - Use the CC Cleaner Tool to solve installation problems | CC, CS3-CS6 - http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/cs5-cleaner-tool-installation-problems.html.
If you need to download a fresh copy of the installation files they can be downloaded at Download CS3 products.
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Help! Trouble installing CS3 Design Premium

I have trouble installing CS3 Design Premium. I am using Windows XP. I had to deinstall CS3 after my PC had a little crash. Now I want to install CS3 again. But at the beginning there comes an error message "Setup is already running. You can install only ONE adobe product at the same time. Shut the other installation before starting the installation of CS3."
The point is, there is NO OTHER installation running at the moment - so far as I know.
I tried already the following, but there was the same error message:
- to start the installation by another user
- to start it from the protected mode.
- to start it by desktop installation.
Please, can anybody help me??
Thanks a lot!!!!
Nilo
Message was edited by: Nilorak123

Try this:
http://www.adobe.com/support/contact/cs5clean.html
Bob

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The product is Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium. It is volume licensed and I can't get support for it through Adobe Support - they told me to post here. The computer is only a couple of years old and has Windows 7 32bit on it. We have Flash Player, Adobe Reader, CS2 installed.
The issue started out with the user getting this error message when trying to open InDesign:
So, we did at is said and uninstalled CS3 then rebooted. Then we put the disc in and tried installing it back on. This is what we get when we try to install it:
Points of interest and findings:
In the event logs (eventvwr) it gives off error code 1603 at the same time of the installation which is mentioned here: http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/component-install-failed.html
On that webpage, I clicked on Solution 6 and can say the laptop does not have Google Desktop installed.
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No prerelease software has been used.
CD is fine and I even have a copy of the disc contents which also does the same thing.
Installation is done by an administrator account
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I've encountered almost the exact same issue. Sadly, this is the state of Adobe technical support these days. I spent countless hours chattting with support staff who are mostly ineffective, and then they condemned me to the forums. I've been using Adobe products since the mid to late 80s (pretty much since they've been in business) and it's a disappointment to see that we're left to own devices to troubleshoot these problems. If you have any insight on how to remedy the installation problem since you originally posted, please let me know.

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I've 'chatted' with Adobe twice and spoken to Tech Support on the phone. Chat could not help, and Tech Support said my disk must be corrupt.
So I got permission to make a backup disk of the copy of CS3 at work, and tried that disk - new original, new copy. That disk gave me the same error.
I also now can't re-install into my old computer, which I'm willing to do to be able to keep working at home, at least as long as the old computer keeps going. I keep getting errors that the media can't be found - after an hour of the disks trying to install.
I saw one page on Adobe that said to delete the file c:/programs/common/Adobe/caps/CAPS.db. This file does not exist on my new computer, so I can't delete it. I tried this on my old computer, got the Install Database corrupt error, so I put the file back and got the 'can't find media' message I'd been getting.
The new computer comes with a few Adobe things, like Photoshop Elements 10, that I said no to when setting up the computer. Might I need to uninstall these before I can install the CS3?
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Thank you.

The caps.db file should be at C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\caps on a 64 bit system...
Was this an upgrade from a previous version of Creative Suite, or a full version? Are tehre any other Adobe products present on the system?
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When you restart you'll see a warning about running in diagnostic mode, or some such, and yo may be asked if you want to run MSconfig again. You want to continue in diagnostic mode. If MSconfig opens, press the cancel button. Run the installer again. Hopefully this time it will work and youcan the reboot one more time, run MSconfig and check the Normal Startup box, let the system restart again, and you should be good to go.

Re-installing CS3 (Design Premium) doesn't work

I had a crash on my iMac. When I tried to re-install my (in 2007 purchased) CS3 software, I got the message that it was an invalid serial number.
Also "redeeming" the number through the site doesn't work.
I have used the software for 7 years now, why doesn't it work anymore? I payed a conciderable amount of money for it, 2400 euro's and I want it to work again soon!
Please tell me what to do, or what you can do!
Regards,
Michèl Wehkamp
The Netherlands

Contact support by phone or web chat.
Mylenium

Trying to install CS3 Design Premium into my new mac and the download is giving error message. New mac has no cd capability fro download r I would use it. I have the serial number....Can anyone tell me if there is another link?

HTTP ERROR: 404 /support/downloads/dlm/main.jsp
RequestURI=/support/downloads/dlm/main.jsp

clear your adobe.com cookies or use a different browser.
or if you follow all 7 steps you can directly download a trial here: Download Adobe CS4 and CS3 Free Trials Here (incl. After Effects) | ProDesignTools
and activate with your serial number.
if you have a problem starting the download, you didn't follow all 7 steps, or your browser does not accept cookies.
the most common problem is caused by failing to meticulously follow steps 1,2 and/or 3 (which adds a cookie to your system enabling you to download the correct version from adobe.com).
failure to obtain that cookie results in an error page being displayed after clicking a link on prodesigntools.com or initiates the download of an incorrect (eg, current) version.

Cs3 design premium install problem.

hi.
i tried to install cs3 design premium and i didn't know where i put this and i made a mistake. i don't know what i did exactly so anyhow it choose the application with blue tooth. now anytime when i try to install cs3 design premium, it opens bluetooth devise search browser. how can i solve it and where i put that program?

try searching for CS3 in your spotlight (Cmd - Space) and open any folders it brings up. you can pinpoint the location that way. as far as what it uses to open, you can ctrl-click and choose open with and open that way. i don't know if it will give you the option to always use another program or not. hope it helps.

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Adobe Creative Suite Cleaner Tool
helps resolve installation problems for CS3 thru CS6 and for Creative Cloud
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So I'm stuck, I can't use Dreamweaver unless I can somehow re-install it, or figure out what didn't migrate properly. Any ideas?
*stressed out... and chocolate is not helping....

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