CS3 Vista 64–DEP killing Photoshop

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Zippy Slasijjassaw
Jun 18, 2007
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First, this is my firt expereince with Adobe Forums, and unless I’m missing something, the organization is HORRIBLE.

It looks like all threads, CS2, CS3 all version of windows, etc are all lumped together with all other forums and threads, that is, threads and forums are just simply listed in one long list?

I’m sorry if this is posted in the wrong forum, but I can’t even find a specific "forum" just lots of threads in the photoshop forum.

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Here’s the problem:
Installed CS3 in Win XP SP2 and everything works great.
Did the same thing in Vista 64 Ultimate, and Photoshop will not execute. Adobe Bridge and Acrobat will execute, although Acrobat 8 WIL NOT print, which means you cannot create PDF files. Dreamwever opens and seems stable.

In summary, CS3 works with my XP SP2 OS, but not with Vista 64. PSCS3 will not execute and gets shut down by Vista, even though DEP is off. I shut it off using:
bcdedit.exe /set {current} nx AlwaysOff
and also
bcdedit.exe /set nx AlwaysOff

DEP is greyed out in the panel under "performance."

So has anyone else encountered this problem? I’ve spent the better part of a week trying to get Vista working with my system plus Adobe products working correctly in Vista, not to mention XP32. I’m about ready to $hit can Vista and CS3 and go back to XP SP2 and CS2. Seems like Vista and CS3 are not quite ready for retail.

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Toobi-Won Kenobi
Jun 18, 2007
"Zippy Slasijjassaw" wrote in message
First, this is my firt expereince with Adobe Forums, and unless I’m missing something, the organization is HORRIBLE.

It looks like all threads, CS2, CS3 all version of windows, etc are all lumped together with all other forums and threads, that is, threads and forums are just simply listed in one long list?

I’m sorry if this is posted in the wrong forum, but I can’t even find a specific "forum" just lots of threads in the photoshop forum.
————–

Here’s the problem:
Installed CS3 in Win XP SP2 and everything works great.
Did the same thing in Vista 64 Ultimate, and Photoshop will not execute. Adobe Bridge and Acrobat will execute, although Acrobat 8 WIL NOT print, which means you cannot create PDF files. Dreamwever opens and seems stable.

In summary, CS3 works with my XP SP2 OS, but not with Vista 64. PSCS3 will not execute and gets shut down by Vista, even though DEP is off. I shut it off using:
bcdedit.exe /set {current} nx AlwaysOff
and also
bcdedit.exe /set nx AlwaysOff

DEP is greyed out in the panel under "performance."
So has anyone else encountered this problem? I’ve spent the better part of a week trying to get Vista working with my system plus Adobe products working correctly in Vista, not to mention XP32. I’m about ready to $hit can Vista and CS3 and go back to XP SP2 and CS2. Seems like Vista and CS3 are not quite ready for retail.
Zippy,
This is not the Adobe forum, it just sees their postings, they cannot see yours without going to http://www.adobeforums.com and free registering to join and post to your forum of choice.

TWK
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srr1
Jun 19, 2007
I installed and run CS3 on a Vista 64 ultimate machine without a problem. Likewise with Acrobat 8. Based on your information provided, I only have a couple suggestions. First you may want to check your "user administration" settings. To protect us I guess, Vista has (IMA) an overly complex "user administration" function that can prevent certain programs from running. Since you got Bridge running I doubt this is your problem, but it has caused some problems for me. Because the public doesn’t have access to this Vista computer I have essentially disabled it and always log in as the "administrator" so I have full rights when I’m logged-in. My other suggestion is to completely remove CS3 and reinstall. Also have you gone into the root directory and tried running CS3… you could be trying to run it from a corrupted shortcut.
ZS
Zippy Slasijjassaw
Jun 19, 2007
I did reinstall and everything works fine. Geeze, I’m an idiot.

Thanks!
ZS
Zippy Slasijjassaw
Jun 19, 2007
I do have another question though. The last time I reinstalled, i did not install Acrobat 8. When I did have it installed, and others in this forum have confirmed this, Acrobat print device shows LPT1 and Acrobat will not print form applications. It shows that the document was received, but just sits there.

Can you confirm if this has been fixed? Will Acrobat 7 work in Vista64?

Thanks for taking the time to reply.
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srr1
Jun 19, 2007
First I recommend you have the latest 8.1 version of Acrobat. 8.1 fixed some issues that involved the Vista 64 bit OS. If you don’t have that version, download the update from Adobe. Second I suggest you install MS hotfix 930627. <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930627>

This hotfix addresses to an issues that could cause printing problems.This is covered in Adobe TechNote kb401730 at <http://www.adobe.com/go/kb401730>

It also mentions that Acrobat 7 can be run with Vista 64 bit but the capabilities are limited.
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Bob Levine
Jun 19, 2007
AFAIK, it doesn’t really do much for 64 bit. It’s a Vista/Office 2007 compatibility update.

Bob
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Zippy Slasijjassaw
Jun 20, 2007
I reinstalled and PS runs now. No idea why but these things do happen.
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ABHRANIL
Jun 21, 2007
Vista has (IMA) an overly complex "user administration" function that can prevent certain programs from running

CAN U PL EXPLAIN IT IN DETAILS WHATS IMA?
AS I’M A NEW ULTIMATE X64 USER..

AND HOW TO DISABLE IT?

I TRIED TO INSTALL CS3 LITE…

AFTER INSTALLING IT..WHEN I DOUBLE CLICK ON ITS ICON,
THE PHOTOSHOP CS3 PROGRAM SHOWED UP FOR 1 SECOND AND CLOSED IMMEDIATELY…….

IN WINDOWS TASK MANAGER…IT SHOWED …NOT RESPONDING…

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