Had a client doing a re-install, and they ran ino an issue with the
7.01 update not working. This was with original media and original
s/n.

Quick google search revealed two threads (2002, 2003) on the issue, mainly people looking for hacks/cracks/etc.

Adobe would not offer a new V7 password for free, but did offer a reduced-price upgrade to CS2 (with apropriate new s/ns) with proof of original media and purchase of PS7,IS10, and AcrExch3. Regardless of how the s/n walked away, it is the reponsibility of the original holder to maintain control of it. As a bonus, CS2 will allow two installations: one for primary workstation use, the other for use by the designer on a portable or home w/s.

Just putting this out there for others in corporate environments that may have had s/ns 'walk away' over the past few years, here is a partial list of known compromised s/ns that the 7.01 update will check for and reject (I've inserted Xs to obfuscate them from simple specific searches)

1045-0004-69x50-0542-10x89-5992
1045-0008-60x03-1643-71x24-0387
1045-0009-21x30-3302-17x33-9518
1045-0013-21x25-1555-39x70-0524
1045-0050-04x30-0561-25x91-8823
1045-0122-55x05-0180-41x50-2685
1045-0203-32x47-2217-35x66-6177
1045-0209-00x13-0086-00x96-2456
1045-0209-00x13-0086-00x96-2458
1045-0222-27x72-4566-46x81-2405
1045-0230-62x47-6480-73x93-2007
1045-0234-35x99-8705-98x91-6735
1045-0633-93x07-0876-42x74-4173
1045-0740-53x00-3616-01x57-4095
1045-0768-20x43-6940-77x32-7192
1045-0777-51x04-8776-17x23-5835
1045-0994-92x22-9402-87x09-0850
1045-1017-48x56-1574-16x91-0110
1045-1020-75x74-7346-11x80-3287
1045-1023-15x84-6536-15x40-9546
1045-1052-04x24-1087-62x01-0769
1045-1102-26x92-2147-59x36-4822
1045-1111-88x00-8937-58x36-9413
1045-1126-33x48-2076-38x35-2225
1045-1145-22x65-6493-43x98-9134
1045-1156-53x58-0167-72x87-2952
1045-1178-70x64-5898-40x14-6638
1045-1182-17x57-0379-80x03-4990
1045-1185-97x91-2216-43x14-3476
1045-1192-14x90-2254-06x53-2780
1045-1202-88x03-1354-62x35-3912
1045-1209-67x38-4668-76x96-2783
1045-1245-79x92-7945-84x71-6623
1045-1277-81x75-6796-33x65-9747
1045-1362-58x87-7285-24x58-9777
1045-1363-33x35-1119-09x96-3465
1045-1395-85x17-2214-39x15-6701
1045-1398-41x45-7706-22x35-1834
1045-1413-19x27-8020-38x49-0313
1045-1414-59x12-0192-10x31-2354
1045-1451-79x38-8725-37x37-9690
1045-1506-92x69-0300-42x37-2680
1045-1536-85x20-1611-89x24-1010
1045-1606-68x39-4489-14x33-1618
1045-1665-23x13-1597-62x21-5960
1045-1684-08x10-8537-56x70-8686
1045-1716-91x74-2622-90x63-1777
1045-1738-00x50-2160-84x39-9619
1045-1890-44x36-9754-06x62-7420
1045-1897-00x84-4166-73x33-2029
1045-1968-23x71-5023-00x82-9806
1045-1989-36x92-1791-72x04-1293

(and yes, I do realize that this has the potential side-effect of giving someone a working 7.0 s/n, but another google search would reveal all of these and more regardless - this list is for corporate users who are wondering if their s/ns are in the officially known list of bad s/ns)

The CS2 upgrade is worthwhile, but may require a hardware upgrade as well: performance was not acceptable, in comparison to 7.01, on the standard PIII/850 desktop with 512MiB of RAM.

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gregory trimper
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