Update Photoshop 7.0 to 7.01?

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I am trying to update my Photoshop 7.0 to 7.01. Downloaded the update file from Adobe website. Disabled all virus, firewall etc. s/w All goes well until it wants confirmation of the PS location - and it then says it can't find the 7.0 installation. BUT it is the correct directory! What gives? Any suggestions? Thanks.

Michael G
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Michael G wrote in news:csj5jo$an0$1
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I am trying to update my Photoshop 7.0 to 7.01. Downloaded the update file from Adobe website. Disabled all virus, firewall etc. s/w All goes well until it wants confirmation of the PS location - and it then says it can't find the 7.0 installation. BUT it is the correct directory! What gives? Any suggestions? Thanks.

Known issue.

You'll need to call Adobe.
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"Michael G" wrote in message
I am trying to update my Photoshop 7.0 to 7.01. Downloaded the update file from Adobe website. Disabled all virus, firewall etc. s/w All goes well until it wants confirmation of the PS location - and it then says it can't find the 7.0 installation. BUT it is the correct directory! What gives? Any suggestions? Thanks.

If it's anything like Microsoft they expect you to have the original CD in the drive
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"Michael G" wrote in message
I am trying to update my Photoshop 7.0 to 7.01. Downloaded the update file from Adobe website. Disabled all virus, firewall etc. s/w All goes well until it wants confirmation of the PS location - and it then says it can't find the 7.0 installation. BUT it is the correct directory! What gives? Any suggestions? Thanks.

If you're running a legal version of PS, call Adobe.

If not, buy one.
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I am trying to update my Photoshop 7.0 to 7.01. Downloaded the update file from Adobe website. Disabled all virus, firewall etc. s/w All goes well until it wants confirmation of the PS location - and it then says it can't find the 7.0 installation. BUT it is the correct directory! What gives?

Adobe maintains a list of serial numbers which are known to be pirated/bootlegged. If your Photoshop 7 install is using one of these serial numbers, or if you got your Photoshop 7 from a "cheap OEM" fraud site, then the updater won't work.

If you have a legitimate copy of Photoshop, legally purchased, with a valid and legal serial number, then call Adobe--they'll be happy to help you.

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Michael G wrote:
I am trying to update my Photoshop 7.0 to 7.01. Downloaded the update file from Adobe website. Disabled all virus, firewall etc. s/w All goes well until it wants confirmation of the PS location - and it then says it can't find the 7.0 installation. BUT it is the correct directory! What gives? Any suggestions? Thanks.

Michael G

There is NO software that requires you to disable your firewall. That's just stupid. It takes about 20 seconds for an unfirewalled copy of Windows to be infected by remote viruses (if unpatched). If software tells you to turn off your firewall, dont use it. Too dangerous.

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On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 14:06:37 +0000, SpaceGirl
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Michael G wrote:
I am trying to update my Photoshop 7.0 to 7.01. Downloaded the update file from Adobe website. Disabled all virus, firewall etc. s/w All goes well until it wants confirmation of the PS location - and it then says it can't find the 7.0 installation. BUT it is the correct directory! What gives? Any suggestions? Thanks.

Michael G

There is NO software that requires you to disable your firewall. That's just stupid. It takes about 20 seconds for an unfirewalled copy of Windows to be infected by remote viruses (if unpatched). If software tells you to turn off your firewall, dont use it. Too dangerous.

Hi Miranda,

I'd agree, but you can do it if you disconnect first (yes, it's a pain and I've never done it, but it is a solution).

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Looks like I have a pirate copy. Bought cheap with no box/manual. Oh well....

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Eric Gill wrote:
Michael G wrote in news:csj5jo$an0$1
@news7.svr.pol.co.uk:

I am trying to update my Photoshop 7.0 to 7.01. Downloaded the update file from Adobe website. Disabled all virus, firewall etc. s/w All goes well until it wants confirmation of the PS location - and it then says it can't find the 7.0 installation. BUT it is the correct directory! What gives? Any suggestions? Thanks.

Known issue.

You'll need to call Adobe.
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SpaceGirl wrote:
Michael G wrote:

I am trying to update my Photoshop 7.0 to 7.01. Downloaded the update file from Adobe website. Disabled all virus, firewall etc. s/w All goes well until it wants confirmation of the PS location - and it then says it can't find the 7.0 installation. BUT it is the correct directory! What gives? Any suggestions? Thanks.

Michael G

There is NO software that requires you to disable your firewall. That's just stupid. It takes about 20 seconds for an unfirewalled copy of Windows to be infected by remote viruses (if unpatched). If software tells you to turn off your firewall, dont use it. Too dangerous.
It did not ask me to disable the firewall. I did that together with anti-virus, and everything else I could think of to solve the problem.

Thanks for the feedback all
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On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 12:15:44 +0000, Michael G
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Looks like I have a pirate copy. Bought cheap with no box/manual. Oh well....
That's why it was cheap. If it's too good to be true it *always* is...

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