
That was an excellent summary of Adobe's software giveaway.Īre you sure that the replacement serial numbers are individualized? When I tried googling, some of my replacement serial numbers are found on the web, some aren't. All CS3 applications are only 32-bit, but they're also the final versions with traditional UIs before they gave everything a shiny new Flash-based UI in CS4, so I'm fine with it :)

I am so thankful I got them while I was able to since aside from needing to tweak the high-DPI handling the CS3 apps work beautifully on my Windows 10 圆4 machine.

I don't know exactly when, but some time around the end of 2019 or the beginning of 2020 they ended the offline installer program for CS3, removed the ability to generate offline serials in my Adobe Account page or even re-access the offline downloads for my already-generated serials, and have seemingly scrubbed their Knowledge Base of any mention that they ever existed. This resulted in a bunch of press about it being a /!\ omg completely free Creative Suite /!\, so for CS3's 2017 shutdown they made you register your original serials to your Adobe Account in exchange for an individualized offline serial and the offline installer. For CS2, they offered Activation-free replacement installers and generic serial numbers on their support page. There are special no-activation-required versions of the entire CS2 and CS3 product line!Īdobe killed the product activation servers for CS2 products in 2013, and for CS3 products in 2017.
