The only thing I would suggest would be to specify the file directory a little more clearly. Other than that, perfect!

I've got Adobe Creative Master Suite 3 with serial number entered and have run the setup.

NOW, here's the problem: I checked yes for every component to be installed and I'm at the LAST part where it says "FINISHED: You will be asked to complete your product setup the first time you launch."

I've been thru this a couple of times and I think what happens next is: I restart, My serial # comes up, and I get some kind of new of additional registration # and then it asks me to ACTIVATE BY INTERNET or PHONE, and when I do that it fails, and nothing works.

Can Anybody Help?

Disabled and desperate, aka

Superdonut

Do this from a CMD prompt (one folder at a time) for each and every .msi file in the Adobe product. After each .msi file has been extracted this way, move the files inside of what_ever_folder_you_want back to the location of the original .msi file and then delete the CAB file from the original location.

This will allow you to get an administrative install of your product. It will also allow you to put updated files directly into your install media and allow you to change setup options from the XML files that you normally don't have access to.

1) First off, delete C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe PCD\cache\cache.db

-nota: C:\archivos de programas\archivos comunes\adobe\adobe pcd\cache\cache.db

2) Then run any of the CS3 (Encore in your case) programs. Click Accept to continue, then enter your serial that used to work. BEFORE clicking next, you'll notice that you have a NEW cache.db file in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe PCD\cache

3) Right click the file, go to properties and make it READ ONLY, and then click next on CS3 after entering your key.

4) Next, after you get to the register software screen.

Click "Register Later"

5) Now it should be working, technically speaking that is, but you're not done yet.

The register screen should have popped up again. This time, remove the check for "Read Only" from that new cache.db file and select "Do Not Register" from the the top of the register software menu.

6) Now, as soon as you click continue, make the cache.db file read only again, and LEAVE IT THAT WAY to prevent a possible reoccurrence or Adobe trying to send the patch through again disguised as an "update".

Remember that if you need to reinstall the serials of any CS3 product which was working prior to the creation since you have created a new cache.db file you must temporarily uncheck the ?read only? properties box for the cache.db.

Then after inserting the serials and reactivating them close the program and then recheck the box.

try it...

Mandrake: kill iexplorer.exe in task manager

1) Download and install 'Process Explorer' from Microsoft.

2) Launch Process Explorer and keep it open so you can see list of active processes.

3) Launch CDROM:\Adobe CS3\Setup.exe and you will see small dialog with progress-bar in it.

4) Switch to Process Explorer, right click on setup.exe and be prepared to choose "Suspend" item of shown pop-up menu.

5) Wait till progress-bar _almost_ reaches the end and then execute "Suspend" command in Process Explorer.

6) Now you have Media.CAB unpacked with real AdobeDreamweaver9en_US.proxy.xml. But where ?

7) Go to the folder C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Installers\7328fdfcb73660ec8b11d5a3d5c6232\payloads\AdobeDreamweaver9en_US\ and find AdobeDreamweaver9en_US.proxy.xml. I think actual GUID in the path may differ but it doesn't matter
you can find .xml file using search.

8 ) Now you know what to do Open AdobeDreamweaver9en_US.proxy.xml and chop off element out of it. Save the file.

9) Switch to Process Explorer, right click on setup.exe again and select item "Resume" in pop-up menu.

10) Installation will continue and you will see Options which you were dreaming about.

11) All you need to select is: Adobe Anchor Service, Adobe Default Language, Adobe Help Viewer and Adobe Version Cue CS3 Client.

12) Now you have 190Mb installation and no crap which you don't need.

I had to go through this nightmare after 3 days of attempts of installing Dreamweaver CS3 on Windows Vista Ultimate. I wasn't able to manage it with my huge software engineering experience. I wonder how it's even possible to fuck up installation so bad. Shame on you, Adobe. As result I had to downgrade my laptop (VGN-FZ280E) from Vista to XP. Now I can say a lot about anal relationships between Sony and Microsoft. Ask me if you want.

1. Open a Windows command prompt (with Administrator privledges) and type the following command: "C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe -remove".
2. Navigate to the following folder in Windows Explorer: C:\Program Files\Bonjour.
3. Rename the mdnsNSP.dll file in that folder to mdnsNSP.old.
4. Restart your computer.
5. Delete the the Program Files\Bonjour folder.

sorted

hope this helps

Lee

(School IT Technician in Derbyshire)

My problem is slightly different, but nevertheless related -- Even though I tell the installer to install the files under D:, it tells me that "some crucial shared files" are nevertheless installed on the system's main drive, which is C: for me. Now, this wouldn't be so much of a problem if "some" weren't 1.4 GB of data, which would only leave about 250 MB on my C: partition, which is actually just big enough to run Windows off of it plus a couple of GB for Common Files (read: 6 GB, of which 2 are still free) -- other programs are by far not as greedy after all. So is there a way to make the installer install the shared files somewhere else than in C:\Program Files\Common Files, or would the only option really be to try and make the C: partition a good bit larger?

Thanks
Carsten

That did the trick for me! Was almost hopeless!

Thanks

im having a bit of a problem installing my adobe CS3.
when i open the exe thing to install it, the blue box comes up, but instead of an error occuring, mine says...

'' installation cannot continue until the following applications are closed.

- internet explorer.''

but this occurs even when internet explorer is NOT up and running.
its really bugging me, not been able to fix this problem, maybe you could help me.

many thanks.
x

i will add a link soon.

Delete the following file:

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe PCD\cache\cache.db

Thanks !

[link removed by LEMONed: no piracy here]

Can I somehow get around this demand?

Someone knows how could I install for excemple only Illustator from cs3 without runing the normal installation. I have the problem that my computer has only 500 MB ram and cs3 needs min. 1 GB but when I install Illustrator as single program there are not this limit.

http://www.deploymentpro.com/forum/showthread/9/Problems_with_installing_Adobe_Creative_Suite_3

Managed to get my install working with their help.