2 1 host booter xrx. GOAT.RAR 32,416 A virus traping utility. There’s a lot of chatter on the internet today, including Twitter, claiming that Adobe is now giving CS2 away for free. This is simply not true. What is happening is that Adobe has shut down the activation servers for CS2. Because of that, CS2 users were unable to activate if they reinstalled the software. In order to allow these people to continue to use their software Adobe has made available, for download, CS2 software which does not require activation. The download requires an Adobe ID and in order to install it, a valid serial number. ![]() The was made almost a month ago. Why it first came to light today, I don’t know but Adobe’s Dov Isaacs attempted to clear it up in a earlier today. ![]() Bob Levine is a graphic designer and a consultant focused on providing InDesign training and guidance in developing efficient, collaborative workflows to those moving from QuarkXPress or PageMaker. An Adobe Certified Expert in both InDesign and InCopy, Bob has written articles for InDesign Magazine and is an Adobe User to User forums host. He has more than 15 years of industry experience and has been using InDesign since version 1.0. For more background, visit his website, www.theindesignguy.com or his blog, BobLevine.us. Bob is actually correct. Adobe provided these as free copies for current CS2 unlimited license holders because they closed down the CS2 activation servers and all copies stopped working. That doesn’t actually mean they’re freeware, and in using these copies (at least beyond Adobe’s normal 30 day trial period) people are still effectively stealing from the company. Of course, this was all over a year ago, and most freeware sites are still hosting the links, so to do so in ignorance should not be prosecutable. I’m not sure whether Adobe have changed their stance on this since 2012 and whether the items are in fact free now? If someone knows, please post and put me out of my misery. I actually own PS CS3 but could really use InDesign and Illustrator CS2 if they are fairly available with my CS3 license (it’s not a CS2 license, but it IS superior.). Ok did the installs by using a utility to show hidden finder objects and then clicking on the InDesign and Illustrator install pkgs. That did the trick. Then I went back and did the CS2 install so Photoshop was installed. Only issue is I can’t do any updates on the software. Not a big deal as like I said I won’t use it much only for that odd job done in CS2 that won’t open in a newer version without issues. I may also go back and use it to impose large jobs with the PDF FPO option from Rampage as it’s a better workflow that Adobe killed with CS3 for no reason I can think of, and still won’t admit they did. I am a legit owner of CS2 and cannot afford to buy a newer version. Of course, my discs will no longer activate. But I cannot figure out how to install the free version. I get to a certain point and need to choose a destination folder. When I click next, I get an error message saying that destination contains unsupported characters, and I need to choose another folder. I have no earthly idea how to do that, and I cannot find it among adobe’s instructions. Can’t figure out how those of you who never owned the software are able to get it! You need to use the short version of the Program Files folder’s name. To find this you can search for the folder using MS DOS – there are various tutorials on the internet to help with this. However in this case the most common variants are C: Progra~2 Adobe and the same with a 1 instead of the 2, depending on how many folders you have in directory C: that begin with the characters Progra. Type one of those in where it asks for the file path and click around a few times or open and close the Browse window until the installer recognises the pathway, then you should be fine. Check your appropriate Program Files folder after installation to be sure CS2 installed in the right place. You HAVE to install it in C: Program Files Adobe on a 32 bit machine, or C: Program Files (x86) Adobe on a 64 bit machine; the path above is just an easy way to access those folders without using special characters. Installing it anywhere else causes a critical activation error.
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