Clearly, Adobe’s intention here was to provide uninterrupted access to people who were still using these prior releases. To remedy this difficulty for those who were experiencing it, Adobe made available full versions that do not require activation.Īt the time (December 13th), Adobe Tech Support Specialist Jeff Wright also opened a long Adobe Forums post announcing the solution to the activation problem ( “Looking to activate Creative Suite 2, Acrobat 7, or Macromedia products?”), with links to the download pages with system requirements plus assistance for customers needing help in (re)installation of their CS2 programs. At the time their tech support team added two help pages to assist existing owners who would no longer be able to (re)activate their software, such as in the case of trying to moving it between computers. In fact this tale started back in December, when Adobe decommissioned the online licensing activation servers for all of these old programs due to technical issues. Nevertheless Adobe has put these downloads out there on an open page – full versions in 15 languages with accompanying universal serial numbers, and seemingly freely available for what it’s worth – but the company says they’re not.

CS2 is “EOL” (end-of-life), no longer officially supported, and not updateable nor upgradeable. The software is pretty dated, originally written for 32-bit Windows 2000/XP and PowerPC Macs – and won’t run optimally or at all on current computer systems, especially Macs. The programs in question are 2005-vintage Adobe and Macromedia tools such as Photoshop CS2, Illustrator CS2, InDesign CS2, Dreamweaver MX 2004, Flash MX 2004, Acrobat 7.0, Captivate 1.0, and others.

“Adobe releases Creative Suite 2 for free,” “Grab Photoshop and CS2 Absolutely Free,” and, “Free! Download Adobe Creative Suite 2, Photoshop CS2, or other Adobe software at no cost,” have read some of the headlines around the blogosphere. This week the web has been buzzing over a rumor of Adobe offering the eight-year-old Creative Suite 2 software for free download to all, including Photoshop CS2.

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