OK, here's stupid....but I'm not sure what to do.

I am having a new PC built as I speak with Windows 7 OS.

Now the question:
I purchased and still have the original installation discs, etc., for Photoshop CS2. I upgraded back in '07 to CS3 but DO NOT still have the installation file for that.
Is the CS3 upgrade installation file still available and how to I find/download it?

I sort of looked on Adobe's site but didn't have any luck......hurriedly I might add.

Thanks in advance and please don't fuss at me for being ignorant.

Josiah

Photoshop CS2 didn't work on Visa Home Premium 64 for me. Adobe doesn't support it. If you installed CS3 and had a serial number, check with Adobe they may be able to help you. If you didn't install CS3 and don't have a serial number, get CS4, several improvements and it is upgradeable from CS2, $200 I think (about the price).

Tom

If you registered your software with Adobe then there will be a page on their website with your purchased products and serial numbers.

I would start there; you should still be able to download CS3.

Thanks to both of you.

Do you think that CS4 is worthwhile to upgrade to? Is "CS5" looming and maybe at this point I should wait?

Yes, it's a worthwhile upgrade. However, as Adobe has been following a roughly 18 month upgrade cycle, they should be releasing V5 in about 4 or 5 months. I'd wait.

If you will be running Windows 7 in the 64bit version you can take advantage of the 64bit CS4 and more than app. 3 MB RAM if you have that available.

Josiah Jones wrote:
Thanks to both of you.

Do you think that CS4 is worthwhile to upgrade to? Is "CS5" looming and maybe at this point I should wait?

yes CS5 (or whatever they call it when it comes out) is looming. Adobe have been releasing little nugget videos of some new tech that will probably be part of CS5. I would contact Adobe and get your registration details for CS3 use that and when CS5 ships upgrade to that

J Andersen wrote:
If you will be running Windows 7 in the 64bit version you can take advantage of the 64bit CS4 and more than app. 3 MB RAM if you have that available.
THanks....
the PC will have a quad processor and 12 GB Ram.

Josiah

Ian.Dobinson wrote:
Josiah Jones wrote:
Thanks to both of you.

Do you think that CS4 is worthwhile to upgrade to? Is "CS5" looming and maybe at this point I should wait?

yes CS5 (or whatever they call it when it comes out) is looming. Adobe have been releasing little nugget videos of some new tech that will probably be part of CS5. I would contact Adobe and get your registration details for CS3 use that and when CS5 ships upgrade to that

Thanks.....I tend to agree....I've gone all this time without CS4 because I was afraid my PC just would not accomodate it....anyway, I think I'll wait.

Josiah

Thanks to every one for your points of view and other info. Very helpful.

Josiah

Josiah Jones wrote:
J Andersen wrote:
If you will be running Windows 7 in the 64bit version you can take advantage of the 64bit CS4 and more than app. 3 MB RAM if you have that available.
THanks....
the PC will have a quad processor and 12 GB Ram.

Josiah


that means you must be using W7 64bit?
If so you will need to check if it will run CS3 or even CS2 as I dont think they were 64bit aps. Altough win7 does have the 32bit mode as well so it may be able to run them. but if so does that meen your limited to 3gig of ram?

I have a Windows Vista 32bit system, that has 4 gig of ram.

Ian.Dobinson wrote:
Josiah Jones wrote:
J Andersen wrote:
If you will be running Windows 7 in the 64bit version you can take advantage of the 64bit CS4 and more than app. 3 MB RAM if you have that available.
THanks....
the PC will have a quad processor and 12 GB Ram.

Josiah


that means you must be using W7 64bit?
If so you will need to check if it will run CS3 or even CS2 as I dont think they were 64bit aps. Altough win7 does have the 32bit mode as well so it may be able to run them. but if so does that meen your limited to 3gig of ram?

I am currently running W7 64 bit and have CS3 loaded and running with no problems. And it only sees the 3 gb window of memory. But it runs fine. I am waiting for the next version of photoshop. I figured I have been operating on a daily basis with CS3, whats another 6 months.

CS4 (and presumably CS5) installs both 32 and 64 bit versions of the software, if your computer is a 64 bit based system. This allows you to open either version at will. Many PS plug ins are not yet available in 64 bit (hello Nik!).

PS CS4 32 bit runs perfectly well with either Vista or Windows 7 64 bit. The only drawback is that it can only recognize about 3.5 GB of memory, whereas 64 bit PS will recognize and use whatever you can give it. There is probably a limit to how much memory it can use, but it recognizes all of the 12 GBs in my system and uses the 70% of that I allow it to access.

Windows 7 will install 32 bit programs in the x86/Program Files folder.

I too have CS3 running on my Win 7 machine with no issues.

W7 and Vista have more similarities than differences. Although I haven't installed Win 7 in production yet, I have been running Vista x64 successfully for more than a year.

I don't think I have found a single piece of software that doesn't run under Vista x64 other than perhaps some pre-win95 era 16-bit apps. Drivers are another story - some vendors haven't ever bothered to release 64-bit drivers, but this doesn't specifically relate to Photoshop. I run Photoshop CS3 (I'll probably upgrade to CS5 or whatever it ends up being called - we'll see)

You don't need a 64-bit edition of PS to run on x64 operating systems, although there are advantages.

You should have NO problem obtaining a CS3 download from Adobe. For that matter, even the downloadable demo will run as the full version once a license code is entered and activated so this isn't impossible to solve.

I just took a quick look and if you login to Adobe with your Adobe account, the order history screen has a record of all downloads you've purchased which you can re-download. Voila.

DIS Ottawa wrote:
CS4 (and presumably CS5) installs both 32 and 64 bit versions of the software, if your computer is a 64 bit based system. This allows you to open either version at will. Many PS plug ins are not yet available in 64 bit (hello Nik!).

..............

Are you indicating that NIK filters will not work within PS using a 64 bit? If this is true, I may have jumped the gun with all of this....

Having no computer technical mumbo jumbo knowledge, all I knew to do was maximize the processor and the RAM. Oh, and I had the PC guy to put the best sound card and the best video card in it too since we were "maximizing" things

Anyway, my main objective was to create a machine that would handle Photoshop and all the plugins with blazing speed....now there is a possiblity that some of the plugins won't work? Sheesh! That's what one gets when he has limited brain cells.

Josiah Jones wrote:
the best video card in it too since we were "maximizing" things



...a complete waste of money, power and heat just for Photoshop...

Don't panic. Nik plugins will work with PS CS4 32 bit on a 64 bit system. Nik has been promising for a year to make their plugins work with 64 bit Photoshop and have just announced that Vivesa Version 2.0 will be released in December and will work in 64 bit. Of course, they're going to force all of their existing customers to buy the upgrade. No doubt they will do this for all of their products. Eventually. At a cost of hundreds of dollars.

calemon wrote:
Josiah Jones wrote:
the best video card in it too since we were "maximizing" things



...a complete waste of money, power and heat just for Photoshop...

Please explain that for me.

Josiah Jones wrote:
calemon wrote:
Josiah Jones wrote:
the best video card in it too since we were "maximizing" things



...a complete waste of money, power and heat just for Photoshop...

Please explain that for me.

I suspect that he means that Photoshop will work just fine with a low end video card as long as it supports Open GL. If you want a higher end video card for gaming, well that's a different story.

DIS Ottawa wrote:
Josiah Jones wrote:
calemon wrote:
Josiah Jones wrote:
the best video card in it too since we were "maximizing" things



...a complete waste of money, power and heat just for Photoshop...

Please explain that for me.

I suspect that he means that Photoshop will work just fine with a low end video card as long as it supports Open GL. If you want a higher end video card for gaming, well that's a different story.
Thanks. I'm glad I didn't waste my money.....and create unnecessary heat to contribute to global warming. There were reasons for "maximizing" everything and you hit on it.

CS2. I am having a new PC built as I speak with Windows 7 OS. Now the question: I purchased and still have the original installation discs, etc., for Photoshop CS2.

I am running CS2 on Windows 7 64 bit and have not had any trouble. (Still anticipate seeing major speedup when CS5 meets my 12GB of RAM).

ofrias wrote:
CS2. I am having a new PC built as I speak with Windows 7 OS. Now the question: I purchased and still have the original installation discs, etc., for Photoshop CS2.

I am running CS2 on Windows 7 64 bit and have not had any trouble. (Still anticipate seeing major speedup when CS5 meets my 12GB of RAM).

I now have the new PC and CS3 is up and running with no problems. I am however having minor glitches with the NIK plugins. Interesting stuff....will get with NIK support.

Thanks
Josiah