renew trial version of photoshop!

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AndyN
Jun 28, 2007
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Hi everyone,

I was just wondering is there a way to renew the trial version of photoshop, without buying the package itself? I’m talking about a legit way as well, and not go to bittorent or use other P2P software to download it and crack it. I just want another 30 days free trial.

Thanks,

AndyN
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Buko
Jun 28, 2007
Erase your hard drive and reinstall everything fresh.
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Don_McCahill
Jun 28, 2007
If you could renew the trial (without the extraordinary steps Buko mentions), it would rather defeat the purpose of selling the program, wouldn’t it. The trial is to give you a chance to try the software. Adobe has decided that 30 days is ample opportunity to do this.
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Jim_Oblak
Jun 28, 2007
I think AndyN has raised a very important point. There should be no reason why a trial is limited. Andy should submit a feature request <http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform> so that Adobe offers unlimited trials. It makes perfect sense if you think about it.

And no, I’m not being sarcastic.
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chrisjbirchall
Jun 28, 2007
I’ve just asked my local car dealer for a test drive of the new Freelander.

They were really keen at first, but for some wierd reason they seemed to think twelve months touring the whole of Europe was a bit too long.

Can’t think why.
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Daryl_Pritchard
Jun 28, 2007
Interstingly enough, while Windows Vista can be installed on a trial basis for 30-days, it also supports a maximum of three 30-day "rearmings" of that grace period for a maximum of 120 days. Given that software and driver updates for Vista are not likely to all be in place within 30 days, I think it’s great that Microsoft designed this rearming feature into Vista. What I don’t know is how one would go about returning Vista if they decide against using it after that extended trial period; moreover, most retailers do not support a refund policy beyond 30 days in many cases, so I’m guessing a refund might have to be pursued directly with Microsoft. For that matter, I’m only assuming a refund would be offered…I’ve not looked into all the details since I pretty much planned on keeping Vista even if it meant it not working well until I had all the drivers and software updates I needed. Luckily, all seems to be working quite well even though Windows XP still garners more trust from me.

Now, admittedly an O/S change is much more significant than the change of a single application, but given all the stories here of folks having problems with the CS3 installation, it sure begs a question of what other problems might be seen once and if a successful installation is obtained. Obviously, there’s no concern about the 30-day trial period until you can successfully install CS3, but I don’t think that is a certainty either…we’ve all seen cases where the grace period for someone ended prematurely. So, I think it would be great if Adobe could provide a 60-day trial period, as that would also better support those who don’t work with Photoshop often enough to really check it out within a 30-day period. And of course other situations can arise that cut into that too…personal issues, hardware failures, etc.

If not offered as a 60-day grace period from the start, then how might one obtain a 30-day extension? Perhaps via the normal activation dialog where, rather than requesting a final Photoshop activation authorization code, an option for a 30-day extension could first be selected, and the resulting authorization would be valid for only 30 more days. Also, it could be a one-use sort of thing…not allowed for the 2nd activation of some other system, since that might suggest you’ve decided to keep Photoshop and use it on 2 PCs.

Sound good?

Daryl

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