Adobe Will Accept My Serial Key To Some Programs But No To Others

  1. Adobe 7 - Download for Adobe Professional and Standard version 7 and Serial key available here - The serial numbers provided as a part of the download may only be used by customers who legitimately purchased CS2 or Acrobat 7 and need to maintain their current use of these products.
  2. Can't use my product key-urgent! The second install will see the first one as the qualifier for the upgrade and will accept your product key the second time round. My System Specs. I right clicked the profile>properties>security> and i removed the standard account access to that admin folder and got some 'Access denied error'.

Find solutions to 'serial number is not valid' errors in Adobe Creative Suite and other standalone Adobe products, including Photoshop Lightroom and Photoshop Elements.

The error 'This serial number is not for a qualifying product' typically occurs when you try to install the upgrade of an Adobe product on a new computer or new hard drive.

What is a qualifying product? Installing an upgrade of an Adobe product requires a qualifying previous product a previous full version of the product that you bought and installed on your computer. If the previous version of the product exists on your computer, the upgrade starts automatically. If the upgrade installer can't find a previous version of the product on your computer, it asks you to enter the serial number of your previous product.

Problem: This serial number is not for a qualifying product

If you receive the error, “This serial number is not for a qualifying product. Please try another” when you enter a serial number in the Serial Number Upgrade screen, try the following solutions.

  1. Choose your old (previous) version of the product from the Product menu.

  2. Enter the serial number for your previous version of the product. Do not enter the serial number for the upgrade.

    Note:

    Can't find your serial number? See Find your serial number.

    Enter only numeric serial numbers without hyphens. Do not enter alphabetic characters.

The upgrade installer accepts only a valid serial number for a previous version of the same product.

If you do not qualify for the upgrade, you may be able to return the upgrade you purchased. See Return, cancel, or exchange an Adobe order.

Select another product or version from the Product menu in the Serial Number Upgrade screen and enter its serial number.

If you can't resolve the issue, follow the steps below to contact us for help.

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Important: We can assist with your serial number after we first verify that you qualify for the upgrade. When you contact us, be at your computer to complete the following upgrade verification workflow.

  1. Register your product.

    You may be asked to sign in. Sign in with your Adobe ID.

  2. Go to the Contact us page, and then click the Still need help? Contact Us button.

    You may be asked to sign in. Sign in with your Adobe ID and associated password.

These applications do not use the same verification methods that more-recent Adobe applications use. Search the Adobe Support website for documentation about those applications.

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If you've installed a copy of Adobe Photoshop CS4 on one of your company's Mac computers, the program may display an error message when you try to launch it, stating that its licensing or serial number has expired or that you're using an invalid serial number. You're not alone in your predicament -- or your frustration -- especially if you see this error message the first time you try to start up the program after you install it. How you handle this problem depends on whether your serial number actually has expired, or if you're seeing interference from a pre-release trial or pre-purchase demo version of the software.

Expired Serial Number

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Open the Apple menu and choose 'System Preferences.' Select the 'Date and Time' preference pane and change your computer's clock date to January 1, 2006. This workaround overcomes the Catch 22 that arises because you must launch the software to remove the old serial number, but the expired serial number prevents you from launching the software. You can leave the time set to the correct value.

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Start Adobe Photoshop CS4. Open the 'Help' menu and choose 'Deactivate.' On the deactivation screen, activate the check box for 'Erase This Serial Number' and click on the 'Deactivate' button. Retail serial numbers for standalone copies of Adobe Photoshop or the Adobe Creative Suite don't expire, but demonstration copies and public beta-test or pre-release versions use licensing with short-term serial numbers.

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Reopen System Preferences and select the 'Date and Time' preference pane. Reset your computer clock to the correct date.

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Start Adobe Photoshop. When the program requests a valid serial number partway through the startup process, enter the serial number for a retail version of the software with no expiration date on its license. If you own a license for Photoshop CS, CS2 or CS3, you can use an upgrade serial number. Because Photoshop CS4 no longer represents the shipping version of the product, you can't obtain it from Adobe Systems. If you didn't purchase a Photoshop CS4 license during the shipping lifespan of the product, you may be able to find a sealed or transferable copy on an online auction site.

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Interference from Pre-Release or Demo Software

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Open your Application folder and navigate to the Adobe Photoshop CS4 folder. Inside it, locate the Uninstall Adobe Photoshop CS4 item and double-click on it to remove Photoshop from your system.

2.

Open a Finder window and navigate to the Library folder at its main level. Within that folder, locate the Application Support folder and open the Adobe folder inside it. 'Shift'-click on the 'Adobe PCD,' 'Caps' and 'Backup' folders and press 'Cmd-Delete' to move them to the Trash.

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Insert your Adobe Photoshop CS4 installation disc and double-click on its installer file, or locate and double-click on your downloaded installer file for the program. Follow the installation instructions. When you're prompted for a serial number, enter the number on your disc box or from the purchase-confirmation email message you received from Adobe Systems.

Tips

  • In some cases, customers who participated in beta testing or who evaluated pre-release versions of Adobe CS4 software have trouble installing the retail product and activating it with a valid serial number. In these cases, traces of the test or evaluation software versions remain on the customers' computers, forcing them to use workarounds to get their products properly licensed and running. Most commonly, these customers must uninstall the retail version of the software and remove specific folders created by the installer, then reinstall the application. See Section 2 for this procedure.
  • You can't reinstall a demonstration version of Adobe Photoshop CS4 after the 30-day evaluation period ends. To turn a demo into a working, licensed copy, enter a valid purchased serial number.
  • If neither resetting your system clock and entering a valid serial number nor reinstalling Photoshop CS4 resolves the 'expired-license' problem with your copy of the program, contact Adobe Systems (see Resources).

Warning

  • Don't reset your computer clock to try to extend Adobe's 30-day demonstration software periods. If you do, Adobe's licensing provisions will deactivate the demo regardless of how much time remains before it expires.

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