Note: We allow you to install on two computers per serial number. If you have done so, but want to install the product on a new machine, you must first deactivate the software on one of your computers. To deactivate, either choose Help > Deactivate or check the Deactivate checkbox during the uninstall process.
Free Serial Number For Adobe Photoshop Cs5 Extended Serial Numbers
Enter the serial number for the software you purchased in the serialization screen. The serialization screen will load the first time you launch the application. You can enter a serial number for the application itself or a serial number for any Creative Suite that contains the application. If the product you purchased is one of the Creative Suites, you can enter the serial number in any of the applications contained in the Creative Suite. Other applications installed as part of the same Creative Suite will recognize the new serial number the next time the applications are launched.
Only applications running as a trial will recognize the new serial number. If any of the applications have already been serialized with a different serial number, they will continue to use that serial number until you remove the older serial number using Help > Deactivate > Deactivate Permanently. After selecting this option, they will recognize the new serial number on the next launch of the application.
Volume licensing customers cannot purchase from a trial directly. However, a volume licensing serial number can be used to serialize all Creative Suite applications, except the Acrobat 9 trial or retail versions that ship with Creative Suite. Photoshop CS5.1 volume licensing software must be purchased from an authorized Adobe licensing center. Please contact your reseller or authorized Adobe licensing center to place an order for a volume license. To find a reseller in your area, go to
The error "The license for this product has expired" is unrelated to the error "Licensing for this product has stopped working." An expired license means that a serial number, which is no longer valid, is still stored in the pcd.db database file. The valid serial number you received with your purchased product didn't overwrite the expired serial number during the installation process. Removing the expired serial number allows you to enter your valid serial number.
Gregory Peter Snowden, sorry you are facing difficulties locating the serial number you used to previously install your Adobe software. The best way to persevere you purchase of Adobe software is to complete the registration process. You can find information on how to locate registered Adobe software titles at Find your serial number .
Gregory Peter Snowden, the error in your recent post is just stating that the online registration service is no longer available. It was replaced by the process listed in Find your serial number several years ago.
While you have access to your Creative Suite 5 serial number I would encourage you to complete the registration process on this will help you protect your software license if you need it again in the future.
Serial numbers can vary. If you feel that you have retrieved the serial number then you can complete the registration process to confirm. Adobe does not endorse the use of any software titles to attempt to retrieve your license.
I am unsure what process they are using to decode the serial number from different licensing files or registry entries. This is part of the reason we moved to a mandatory registration process in later versions of Creative Suite.
can anyone help with this? I have CS5 Extended which I have had installed on my old pc for about 7 months until the pc crashed and burned. I admit to buying my copy off e-bay, I make no apologies for that as there is nothing wrong with looking for a bargain. I made every attempt to verify that it was a genuine unused copy, to the point of having e-mails from the seller should I need to look for redress on this. The first installation went fine but it would not let me register with Adobe, so I e-mailed the seller again. The program continued to work so I assumed it was a glitch with the installer ( a lot of people I have spoken have had issues with Adobe installers, especially on Windows based systems). Forward 7 - 8 months and my pc has crashed and burned, probably from expecting too much from my 9-year old creation. I now have a new monster with Windows 7 pro instead of XP 32-bit, SSD's etc., but this is causing no end of problems migrating all my programs, some of which are beyond salvation. However, like most of you out there, I find Adobe photoshop extremely expensive and cannot write this off. I look at the packaging, the disc and part numbers (?) for each individual piece of packaging including the 'Genuine Adobe' holographic label, the serial number and I do not believe (nor anyone else that sees it) that my copy is not genuine. Now upon installation, during the initial instal it accepts my serial number no problem, but when I first use it and am asked to register it, I get the message 'invalid serial number for this product'. From several threads I have found this seems quite common but have found no answer. Does anyone have a solution to this before the 'trial' period expires?
This doesn't ring true ssprengel, I've been doing some research after a totally unsatisfactory online chat with Adobe. The message I get is very specific in saying 'invalid serial number for this product' along with an exclamation mark in a YELLOW warning triangle. There are various explanations for this online (including from Adobe) but none of them specifically refer to pirated software. I am as convinced I have a genuine copy just as much as Adobe say my serial number is not recognised by their key checking software (they will not say outright that it is fake, just the serial number is not recognised). By going online and obtaining a different serial number I am able to start cs5 and enter this number to get the green tick and carry on in cs5 until the next time. The following time I start cs5 I get an exclamation mark in a RED TRIANGLE with the words 'invalid serial number' (without the 'for this product'). If you look for other error messages online there are several which may be of interest to you for your scenario, such as 'this serial number has been deactivated'. I should also point out also that when I enter an incorrect number to fool the program I am immediately kicked into touch the next time I start it, it will not carry on working, as you think, until the next time I have to reinstall it. As I said in my first post, cs5 had been running quite happily on my old pc for 7 - 8 months. The only issue I had then was that it would not let me register it with Adobe, but tis is nothing new to Adobe as there are many many posts online with exactly the same problem ( even with cs6 as posted only a few hours ago on this forum - perhaps someone would like to tell him that should his pc crash he will no longer have cs6!). After mulling it over for a few days I intend to take the product to my local photographic retailer who sells Adobe products (and who also holds classrooms for techniques including in the use of Adobe products) for an honest opinion, something that Adobe refused me. Also check Adobe's policies on support and you will find they will refuse support from products bought on e-bay and will also refuse support on products bought ANYWHERE at prices discounted more than either 20 or 25% (I shall have to confirm the exact ammount, but it is stated in their policy online). This brings into question the issues of restrictive practice and price fixing which are both illegal in the UK, just ask any bank. It also brings into question just what support a customer from my local photographic shop could expect from Adobe after purchasing a copy of cs5 for Mac for 399, reduced by approximately 250 ( more than 25%). And where does their policy leave someone who may be lucky enough to recieve it as a gift?
But not funding people to blab with you on the phone is different than arbitrarily disabling serial numbers that were legitimately purchased. I've never seen any evidence they have blacklisted or disabled any validly purchased licenses. Did you ever register your license with Adobe? Why not? All mine are listed right on the Adobe site to this day.
I have had the exact same issue. Software worked just fine for years. Reinstalled it as little as six months ago and the serial number was just fine. I have the software, I have the serial number and had almost the exact same conversation on chat when I tried to install it on my new machine. This is a work product, I use it every date, and I am up a creek without a paddle. I am trying to resolve the issue with the reseller now, but I don't think I will be purchasing Adobe products again. They are great products, but there are too many issues like this to make it worth while.
I just had the same thing happen to me. I purchased my Adobe Acrobat Pro from a legitimate store (locally), it worked fine for several years. In fact, the only reason I contacted Adobe support was to ask them if and/or how I should deactivate the software on my old computer in order to install it on my new computer. They gave me the "invalid" serial number excuse, even though I've been using this software for several years. I guarantee, it IS genuine software, and it IS a valid serial number. They either don't want to let me install it to my new computer (because I'm not buying new software), or they've somehow never processed my registration years ago. (When I logged in on the Adobe site, they had my profile active, but there were NO products listed in my profile, despite the fact that I have TWO Adobe Acrobat programs (the other is on a different computer).
I don't think I'll ever purchase Adobe products again after this experience. I feel they very casually wrote off my situation without doing any further research. Here's a concern I have: what if someone obtained MY serial number somehow? Far fetched, I suppose. But, another issue: why aren't my product registrations in my profile on the Adobe site? I did register both of them when I purchased them. I'm just really chapped about all of this. I guess it's time I just downloaded an open-source program that does the same thing as Acrobat. No point in wasting money with Adobe if they are forcing me to give up software I paid good money for. 2ff7e9595c
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