Upgrading to CS3

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Amir Shahin Sharifrazy
Mar 30, 2007
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Hi all, I have a question please:

I have previous versions of Photoshop/ Illustrator/ Indesign CS and Flash/Fireworks/Dreamweaver MX2004 and I know I can use an Upgrade version of CS3 with my versions. But….my copies of the above are not entirely mine and what I was wondering is can I upgrade without having the original licenses??

Thank you all in advance for your honest (unlike me) help 😉

Amir
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SpaceGirl
Mar 30, 2007
On Mar 30, 2:35 pm, "Amir Shahin Sharifrazy"
wrote:
Hi all, I have a question please:

I have previous versions of Photoshop/ Illustrator/ Indesign CS and Flash/Fireworks/Dreamweaver MX2004 and I know I can use an Upgrade version of CS3 with my versions. But….my copies of the above are not entirely mine and what I was wondering is can I upgrade without having the original licenses??

Thank you all in advance for your honest (unlike me) help 😉
Amir

If you have a license for at least one of them that you DO own, then you can upgrade to the full CS3 suite, but it’s a little more expensive. If you don’t have ANY licenses… you don’t legally own a copy at all, and will have to pay full price.
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Amir Shahin Sharifrazy
Mar 30, 2007
Thanks for the reply. I have the license codes for them all but nothing else. Does that count?

Amir
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SpaceGirl
Mar 30, 2007
On Mar 30, 3:15 pm, "Amir Shahin Sharifrazy"
wrote:
Thanks for the reply. I have the license codes for them all but nothing else. Does that count?

Amir

That’s all you need. When you install CS3, it looks to see if you already have a legitimate copy of CS2 (or whatever you are upgrading from) already installed. I guess it will check our serial numbers against a black list (serial numbers that have been pirated), but other than that you should be good to go with an upgrade. I checked the Adobe site just now. There are upgrade discounts for all kinds of things, so you should be fine.
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Amir Shahin Sharifrazy
Mar 30, 2007
Thanks for your help.

Amir
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try67
Sep 7, 2008
You also need the serial number of your version 5.
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Buko
Sep 8, 2008
You also need the serial number of your version 5

No you don’t. In Fact there is nowhere to enter the old 17 digit pre-PS7 number which is a 24 digit number.
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try67
Sep 8, 2008
I might be wrong, but I think you need it in order to get an unlocking code.
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Buko
Sep 8, 2008
If you have 7 you have the 24 digit serial needed to upgrade. If you have 5 you can’t upgrade to CS3.

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