Adobe Direct Download Links Without Akamai Download Manager

Friday, February 03, 2012

Adobe Direct Download Links Without Akamai Download Manager

Find genuine direct download links to Adobe software, CS2, CS3, CS4, CS5, CS5.1, CS5.5, CS6 and download without using the Akamai Download Manager.

October 2016 Update:

Adobe has given up and finally understood that users need to be able to download their software without hassle. Download all the CS6 and below Adobe products you like directly from Adobe's website Help Section.

Here are all the direct download links for Adobe products.

You do not need to be logged in.
You do not need any special tricks.
You just click the links and they download.
This INCLUDES all CS6, CS5.5, CS4 and CS3 Adobe products.
Enjoy.

Problems with the Akamai Download Manager? Not able to download the latest Adobe trial? Lost or scratched install discs? Formatted hard drive with your installed and registered Adobe product? Forced to buy costly updates when you still have valid registrations for older products? Don't look any further! Here is your solution.

I have compiled a list with Adobe Direct Download Links of possibly all the Adobe products including the latest CS6. If there is a product or link missing please do let me know and I will add it.

I try to keep this list updated. Please do get in touch if you can help keep this list updated.

August 2014 Update:

Yes, the links still do work! I had a few issues getting them to work due to the following.

Using Firefox and the add-on HTTPS Everywhere (HIGHLY recommended!!) I had to temporarily change Firefox's settings.

What happens is that Adobe has so called mixed content, so content that is served via http as well as https on the trial download page and Firefox (and I assume other browsers as well) block this sort of stuff.

To temporarily tell Firefox to NOT block this mixed content follow these instructions: http://plsqlnotes.blogspot.com/2013/09/firefox-disable-mixed-content-blocking.html.

Once you have ONLY temporarily changed these settings in Firefox (DON'T forget to change them back after the download as finished!!) the trial download on the link given in the Download Instructions below under point 3. will work.

Proceed as normal with the Download Instructions. You will ONLY be allowed to download from the direct download links once you successfully clicked on the yellow "Download now" button AND on the next page that opens you get a windows asking you where to save the download. ONLY then the Adobe session cookie is set in your browser and ONLY then will the direct download links work.

Careful With Adobe Affiliate Marketing
Please do understand that Adobe affiliate sites, like this one for example, use click tracking and cookie stuffing, both affiliate marketing methods, to make money off unsuspecting and inexperienced users seeking help when having problems with downloading Adobe software. Neither Adobe nor its affiliate marketing sites like to admit to these practices. When informing users about this on the Adobe forums the information posted was quickly deleted.

Fake Direct Download Links Track Online Activity
Many sites offer links that will track your online activity for month.

Only direct download links starting with

http://trials.adobe.com/...
http://trials2.adobe.com/...
http://trials3.adobe.com/...

will enable you to download the genuine Adobe trial products without being tracked.

Such sites should be strictly avoided as downloading via such links will track your activity online for month to come! Adobe's affiliate marketing admits to tracking users as you can read here. See this direct quote from Adobe on this topic.

Take advantage of our long cookie duration
If a customer comes from your site to ours, and then comes back to purchase four months later, you get credit.

We'll do the tracking
Just put up our links and we do the tracking for you via the Commission Junction interface.

How To Avoid Being Tracked
When using the direct download links please do make sure to use a HOSTS file to protect yourself from being tracked through cookies or Commission Junction by Adobe's affiliate marketing sites and network. How to apply a HOSTS file to Mac or Windows can be easily found online. Web Browser add-ons that increase your privacy and security while browsing are also not a bad idea. Have a look at the Firefox add-on NoScript, for example.

Adobe Activation And Registration Server Names
A HOSTS file with the Adobe activation and registration server names will let you use all Adobe products for free for lifetime. This is a well known hack. All the information on how to apply this hack can be found online.

Please do refrain from asking me anything about this since I can not tolerate any such activity on this blog. Likewise I also would like to urge users not to download any Adobe software or Adobe trial products through P2P or cyberlockers! Those pre-cracked and hacked copies can be manipulated and infected. All the Adobe products are available from Adobe servers for free, it is just a matter of using the authentic Adobe direct download links.

Download Instructions
Read these instructions very carefully!! No really, do read them slowly and follow them exactly!

Create an account with Adobe.
Use fake details and also a temporary or disposable email address to sign up with Adobe. If you don't plan on buying the software then surly it is a good idea not to submit personal information. Here are some services that offer temporary and disposable email addresses. Mailinator, 10 Minute Mail and trash-mail for example.

Log in to your Adobe account.
If you are using No-Script and/or Ghostery (very recommended add-ons for Firefox) you will have trouble logging into your Adobe account, so unfortunately you have to allow a few sites in No-Script and temporarily pause Ghostery. This is also why you want to use fake details when signing up.

Once you are logged into your Adobe account visit this link.
Keep this tab opened in your browser for the rest of these instructions and your download process! Make sure to read the August 2014 update at the beginning of this post if you get the Access Denied message!

On this page now click on the yellow button that says "Download now".
This step is important as it will set a session cookie on your system and therefore allow you to use the direct download links from the Adobe servers. Make sure you do not block this session cookie. Once you hit the "Download now" button your browser will ask your where you want to save the file or if you have set up an automatic download location it will possibly ask you if you want to install the Adobe Download Assistant. Make sure to read the August 2014 update at the beginning of this post if you get the Access Denied message!

Now cancel the download and/or installation of the Adobe Download Assistant!
Why you came here in the first place. Remember to keep this tab opened in your browser and open a new tab to the Adobe direct download links. Make sure to read the August 2014 update at the beginning of this post if you get the Access Denied message!

Use any of the given links here to download the software you want.
You are set to go and download to your heart's content. Remember to buy the software if you like it!

If you use Firefox I suggest you get yourself a download manager add-on like this one or this one here to be able to manage your downloads better.

Not following the 6 simple steps above will have the following consequences for you.

You will face an Access Denied You don't have permission to access ... on this server error

You will land on various 404 pages from Adobe and your download won't start

You will simply not be able to use the direct download links

334 comments :

AntonSunday, February 27, 2011 4:03:00 am
FUCK man you have no idea how much I needed these links!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PUTTING THEM UP AGAIN. FUCK Adobe for deleting your posts. I will surly help you out buddy. Thanks!! This is great!! Akamai was doing my head in!!
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AnonymousSunday, February 27, 2011 4:58:00 am
yeah man count me in, hate affiliate marketing and for sure got my hosts file in place! checked that prodesigntools site and none of the links there worked while i had the hosts file turned on!! that is total bullshit!! keep doing what u do, i have some more links, can i email them somewhere?
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AnonymousMonday, February 28, 2011 3:35:00 am
Thanks for your comments! Much appreciated! Anon, I will put up an email address soon. And yes keep that HOSTS file in place to protect yourself from unwanted parasites.
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SarahWednesday, March 02, 2011 2:08:00 am
Thanks so much!!
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AnonymousFriday, March 18, 2011 9:36:00 am
yeah men been looking for this all my life

thanks
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AnonymousSaturday, March 19, 2011 6:19:00 am
just one queston though can we transfer the downloaded file to any PC taht doesnt have internet connection???
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TechnoluxSaturday, March 19, 2011 9:14:00 pm
Of course you can transfer the downloaded file to any PC without internet connection. You can do so either with an external hard drive or with a crossover cable. Not sure if the downloaded file would fit on a DVD due to its size, totally depends on what you download.

Btw it you don't have an external hard drive and plan to buy one, get one from Seagate, I have made very good experiences with their drives in the past compared to cheap no-name drives that let me down and made me pay a fortune for professional data recovery services to get my data back. Seagate also seems to be the only company that gives you full five years of full guarantee on their drives compared to only three years from other brands.

If you don't know how to connect two PCs with a crossover cable search for tutorials about this online, there is tons of really good tutorials on this and in fact it is really easy to do.

I am not sure though if you need to activate the product during the trial period. If you need to do that search for "adobe activation server" and "hosts file" online and you will be presented with many results giving you the ability to avoid activation but nevertheless use the product 100%. Basically you trick the product into believing that it fully activated whereas for real it did not even connect to any Adobe server.

Hope all this helps. Given your question you seem a rookie on the subject so feel free to ask again if you run into any sort of trouble transferring or downloading the file.

Please note that I will not help you activate the software with the above mentioned methods as there are tons of sites online that already do this quite nicely and easy to understand.
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DanciaSaturday, March 26, 2011 3:34:00 am
Hey I am currently downloading CS5 Master Collection. My first question is: I am downloading 5.6 GB's and I know that's a lot to download but is it typical for it to have 18 or so hours left until the download is complete? It seems a little sketch to me.

I also read what you said about hosts and am very intrigued. I searched around about host files but am still a little confused on how I acuire one, or if I do at all. And if I do need to download a file, do you have a reputable site you would suggest? If you wouldn't mind posting back to this or emailing me at: dancialewis@gmail.com I would really appreciate it! I have a few other programs on my mac that aren't exactly kosher and would love the extra layer of security. Can you fill me in and help me out?
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AnonymousSaturday, March 26, 2011 3:45:00 am
man tnx for the reply no problem with transferring the files to other computer but tnx for the tip anyways i can see that your really the best with it comes with adobe products this is the only site that ive seen that gathred all this links for free you're really a hardworker...

i have one last question though man while installing this files do we need an intenet connection?
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AnonymousSaturday, March 26, 2011 3:49:00 am
man again thnx for the tip on how to activate this for free i have stumbled to some tutorials...

but i'm not sure if it will be working this trick that i have seen looks really old..

i saved the steps on my notepad can i post the links here man? or maybe can i have your email address please i really need help....
tnx man...
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TechnoluxTuesday, March 29, 2011 7:06:00 pm
Dear Danica and Anonymous, (reply part 2)

Now when you go back to the information in my above post and add the Adobe registration servers found on this site to your HOSTS file you will understand that instead of calling Adobe to verify the registration and activate the product the calls will be directed to your own machine. For this to work you might additionally need a cracked or fixed executable file that will trick the software into believing that you have fully registered and activated the software.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS HIGHLY ILLEGAL! I DO NOT PROVIDE CRACKED OR FIXED EXECUTABLE FILES FOR ANY KIND OF SOFTWARE.

It is entirely your own responsibility to search and download such files that will make your Adobe software usable for free for lifetime together with the HOSTS file. I also do not provide links to sites providing such files. They are all over the net though.

Please do also understand that I will also not publish links to sites offering detailed information about Adobe registration and activation servers together with fixed executable files. Here I am only giving users that are frustrated with the Adobe Akamai Download Manager the option to get hold of the Adobe trial software, what you then do with it is your own decision and responsibility.

If you like to email me you can leave your email address in a comment (if you don't like it to be published simply write: this is my email, get in touch please and don't publish this comment) and I can get in touch but please do understand that I will also not help you with cracking Adobe software via email. Really this information is widely available on the net.

As for any other questions you might have feel free to leave a comment. I hope this detailed reply helped you both and other users that might be looking for this information.
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AnonymousTuesday, March 29, 2011 8:14:00 pm
Un grand Merci pour ce boulot hors du commun
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TechnoluxTuesday, March 29, 2011 8:17:00 pm
Ca marche!
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AnonymousSunday, April 03, 2011 5:17:00 am
Do you happen to have a link for Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional for Mac?
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TechnoluxTuesday, April 05, 2011 2:52:00 pm
I can help you better if you let me know the exact name of the .dmg file. For example for Windows this is "AcroPro80_efg.exe" so if you have the filename for Mac perhaps I can dig it up.
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KristineThursday, April 07, 2011 5:26:00 am
Hey, I downloaded Adobe CS5 Master Collection English Mac but when it finally completed, it said the disk image failed to mount bc it was not recognized. Thanks for your help!
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TechnoluxThursday, April 07, 2011 9:04:00 am
Hello Kristine,
thanks for your comment.

Did you make sure to download the file with the ".dmg" filename extension?

This error usually comes up when the file is not completely downloaded. Download it again.

The file should not be less than 5.62 GB big. Hope this helps. Let me know if this fixed the problem, thanks.

Cool blogs you have, nice read!
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KristineSaturday, April 09, 2011 1:44:00 am
Thank you for your help! Yeah, the file was not completely downloaded so I redownloaded it and it is working perfectly.

Thanks for the compliment as well -- I also appreciated the comment on my blog
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TashaxMonday, April 11, 2011 9:47:00 am
Your blog is amazing but Help!!

I've tryed to download Design Premium using your link but it comes up with this :(

Access Denied
You don't have permission to access "http://trials2.adobe.com/AdobeProducts/MDIA/CS5/win32/DesignPremium_CS5_LS1.7z" on this server.

Reference #18.2daede41.1302508005.167d8167

What do I do? I'm in desperate need!
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TechnoluxMonday, April 11, 2011 2:16:00 pm
Hello Tashax,

thanks for your comment. Do not worry please.

BEFORE you download you need to read and follow the four simple steps lined out under the section DOWNLOAD. Then you will not be getting this error message anymore.

It basically means that you have not signed it and not gotten the cookie from Adobe, so it does not let you download.

Once you have followed the four simple steps you will be able to perfectly download all the Adobe software to your heart's content.

All the best! Hope this helped, let me know please.
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AnonymousTuesday, April 12, 2011 4:16:00 pm
Many thanks!!!
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AnonymousThursday, April 14, 2011 6:29:00 am
thx alot dude, your very helpfull...
im from indonesian btw.
did adobe hav'a official md5 for its products?
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sliimSunday, April 17, 2011 7:39:00 pm
I dont have serial, and the numbers I got arent working
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TechnoluxTuesday, April 19, 2011 1:28:00 am
Hi Anon,

thanks for your comment. Glad I can help you. I don't think Adobe has MD5 checksums for their trial downloads. Try the Adobe forums and ask there. I have not found any though. Perhaps send them an email. I would also be highly interested in this. Get back to me if you happen to find any please.

Regards to you and Indonesia!

Hi Sliim,
thanks for your comment! Sorry to hear that you serial does not work. There are plenty of working serials on the net. However I do not provide those on my blog! All I do is to help find people the direct downloads of old and new Adobe trials.

All the best!
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AnonymousSunday, April 24, 2011 9:20:00 pm
Hi,
Could you find a direct link for FrameMaker Server 9??
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AnonymousThursday, April 28, 2011 11:32:00 pm
Is there a direct link for adobe audition?

thank you

aka kimbert
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TechnoluxThursday, April 28, 2011 11:49:00 pm
Anon,
FrameMaker 9 is there, sorry don't think the Server version is online anymore. But FrameMaker Server 10 is there, if you need that I can add it, let me know.

Adobe Audition 3 English Windows and other languages are there, what version are you looking for? I think for the time being Adobe have again removed the downloads for older products until Audition CS5.5 is out.
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Matt SchulteThursday, May 05, 2011 4:41:00 am
Thank you very much, this is exactly what I needed.
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AnonymousThursday, May 19, 2011 1:05:00 pm
I'm trying to download the CS5 master collection in English for Mac but the download keeps getting stuck after 1.6GB. I've tried on a couple of different networks and machines any idea as to why this might be?

Thanks

Becky
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TechnoluxWednesday, May 25, 2011 3:53:00 am
Hi Becky,

Thanks for your comment. No sorry I have no idea.
Since you have tried various networks and machines perhaps there is a problem with Adobe. Try again later perhaps.

Tried downloading it on a PC? Are you using a download manager browser add-on? Does your firewall log/report any strange behaviour when it gets stuck?
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AnonymousSunday, May 29, 2011 6:22:00 pm
Thank you. Found your info after i purchased a used windows pc running 64 bit windows 7 with (i was told) CS4 master collection. Turns out it was pirated copy with a keygen generator and missing InDesign (and other) programs. Annoyed, i set out to find the missing programs and found you.
I succesfully installed a HOSTS file which now prevents Photoshop CS4 from asking for a new serial every other time i open it. Also installed InDESign. Then I got curious and downloaded Premier Pro 5 64 bit. I also found some other Adobe reg server addresses to add to my HOSTS file. This worked for a couple of days (Premier Pro would not give me a "your trial copy expires in xx days") UNTIL i went on an AdobeTV site to get info on using it. Now I am prompted with the "trial version expires in xx days" box when i open it. Did I download some cookie from adobe? What DOES happen after the trial version expires? Is there a workaround? Thank you so much for your help...
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TechnoluxSunday, May 29, 2011 7:47:00 pm
Hey Anon,

thanks for your comment. If you can simply copy and paste all the Adobe registration server addresses that you now have in your HOSTS file on each line one. It could be that you are missing some servers and therefore getting the trial expires prompt.

I doubt that having been to the AdobeTV site and getting a cookie from there would interfere with an installation of Premier Pro 5. Also of course you can delete your cookies with Ccleaner for example so it should not really be a matter of importance. However I am not sure about it.

Normally after the trial version expires you cannot use the software anymore and can only continue to use it once you entered a valid serial. The workaround for that is to acquire a fixed or cracked .exe and or .dll that will tell the trial in combination with the HOSTS file blocking the requests to the Adobe registration servers that you have the full version.
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AnonymousTuesday, May 31, 2011 12:02:00 pm
Hi im trying to download cs5 mc for win and notice that it has win32 on it. im running win 7 64 bit. will it work?
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TechnoluxTuesday, May 31, 2011 7:03:00 pm
Hey Anon,

thanks for your comment. Yes should work.
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AnonymousFriday, June 03, 2011 12:53:00 pm
Sadly it's not quite all of Adobe's products. There are a number of things that seem to live hidden away inside the Developer program http://www.adobe.com/devnet.html. The one that I specifically have failed at getting, which you cannot even buy (you have to pay $1000+ for partner access and even then I don't think it's guaranteed) http://www.adobe.com/devnet/creativesuite/cs-extension-builder.html. You can use that to build tools for other Adobe programs. Can make quite a pretty penny selling some easy to make Photoshop panels and whatnot...but can't get the software.
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Paul MFriday, June 10, 2011 12:24:00 am
Hi, I'm trying to download the CS4 Master for Mac from this link

Adobe CS4 Master Collection English Mac
http://trials.adobe.com/Applications/MastCol/CS4/Mac/ADBESTAMCS4_LS1.dmg

It just doesn't download (says 8 hours remaining) but nothing out of 6.9gb will download. Can someone check it??
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firelefanzFriday, June 17, 2011 3:30:00 pm
i love this List. congratulations this was alot of work.
whats about v5.5? can someone update the List?
main reason is i hate the download manager from adobe
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TechnoluxFriday, June 17, 2011 3:41:00 pm
Yes when I find a little time.
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AnonymousSaturday, July 02, 2011 9:36:00 pm
Thank you! Was having an aneurism looking for the link on adobe.
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AnonymousSunday, July 03, 2011 3:19:00 pm
Technolux, thanks for your blog. Having trouble installing Adobe CS4 Master Collection on Windows XP Pro. Both winzip and 7z were unable to open the file, the message says "can not open archive." Any advice? Thanks very much! J
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TechnoluxMonday, July 04, 2011 1:57:00 am
J,

thanks for your comment. Have you made sure that you got the whole download? Sometimes it does not download all the data from the Adobe server and then you get these kinda error messages. I have been looking for the MD5 checksums for Adobe download but they don't seem to have those or they are not published. Try and download again and see if the file size is different. Let me know please. Happy to download the file from here and see what exact file size I get.
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TechnoluxMonday, July 04, 2011 1:58:00 am
aneurysm anon, yes hehe, know what you mean, have a good one!
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The Dam TimesSaturday, July 16, 2011 8:20:00 pm
I downloaded the full Master Collection CS4 English installation for the Mac, but it stalls out during the setup process. Have you run into this?
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AnonymousSunday, July 17, 2011 1:09:00 am
Hello Technolux, RE: CS4 not opening in Winzip and 7z - I attempted a second time and it didn't open. Perhaps a checksum. However, I attempted CS3 opened with the FTP method you described, and I decided I'm pretty happy with it! So many thanks again.....J :)
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TechnoluxSunday, July 17, 2011 3:35:00 am
ethan and anon,
thanks for your comments!

Can you both please tell me the checksum of your download and what version. I will download and compare them with my results. I have not run into trouble opening cs4 files, neither mac nor pc. So let's see what this is about. CS3 is pretty good yes! Also perhaps let me know your os and version, perhaps that does it? As you like..
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CoryWednesday, July 20, 2011 6:29:00 am
When i try to open the .7z file for the cs4 master collection is says cannot open file as archive
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TechnoluxWednesday, July 20, 2011 12:38:00 pm
Hi Cory,
thanks for your comment. Can you let me know what language you were trying to download? Can you also please let me know the MD5 checksum of your download? You can use the free Md5Checker from here. Install it and simply calculate the MD5 checksum. I will then download the same trial and compare it to my results. Like that we can verify that you have got the whole download and can then start looking for another solution. Most of the time when this error happens the download has not completed. This however is not something that you are doing wrong. This issue is known to Adobe. Hope this helps!
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AnonymousThursday, August 18, 2011 3:07:00 pm
Really great work mate! Greetings from Germany...
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AnonymousThursday, August 25, 2011 6:55:00 am
YOU ROCK! Thanks a lot for your help. All best from Argentina
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AnonymousFriday, September 16, 2011 1:23:00 pm
Hello,

i´m looking for the CS3 Design Premium for Mac. At the ftp Server do you linked, in my view, there only patches and updates available. Can you helb?

So I have an licence, but no disk for mac installation, only for windows.

Thanks a lot.
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TechnoluxMonday, September 19, 2011 10:17:00 am
Anon, I will look into it.
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TechnoluxTuesday, September 20, 2011 1:58:00 am
Anon, here try these links, taken from the list above. Let me know what your error message is if these links do not work.

Adobe CS3 Design Premium English Mac
http://trials.adobe.com/Applications/DesignPre/CS3/Mac/ADBESTDSCS3_WWE.dmg

Adobe CS3 Design Premium Content English Mac
http://trials.adobe.com/Applications/DesignPre/CS3/Mac/STDSCS3_Cont_WWE.dmg
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April BernadetteTuesday, September 20, 2011 2:42:00 am
Hi! I have the Adobe CS4 Master Collection but my disc for the photoshop part is damaged...

So i came here to get the download but the links don't work =(
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TechnoluxTuesday, September 20, 2011 1:26:00 pm
Hello April,
thanks for your comment. Rest assured all the links do work 100%. In order to be able to download you need to follow the short instructions given above all the links in the little post.

Most of the time when you get the "Access Denied" error message for example it means that you are not logged in with Adobe and therefore Adobe won't let you download from these links.

So please do follow the short instructions given above and you will see that all the links do work.

If you continue to have problems downloading please do let me know in detail what you were doing and what your operating system and browser is so that I can try to help you better.
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JaneFriday, September 23, 2011 2:13:00 am
Thanks so much this saved me!
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April BernadetteMonday, September 26, 2011 1:26:00 am
Okay... So I downloaded the .7z file, and I downloaded a file opener so i could open up the .7z file, but it won't open up no matter what I do =(
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TechnoluxMonday, September 26, 2011 5:22:00 pm
Hi April and thanks for your comment. This error can have two reasons, either you have not downloaded the whole .7z file or the file opener is not suitable for the file type you like to open.

In the instructions above I suggest to get the completely free 7zip program available at http://www.7-zip.org/ to open the .7z file. Once you have installed that try opening the .7z file you downloaded with it again.

If that does not work tell me exactly what file you downloaded and I will tell you its exact size, then we can compare if your .7z file has the same file size as when I download it and like this make sure that your download has completed. I hope this helps, any problems you run into, just let me know, happy to help you.
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TechnoluxThursday, September 29, 2011 1:51:00 am
Adobe banned me from their forums for informing users about the ddls as well as about links not starting with trials.adobe.com/.., or trials2.adobe.com/.., or trials3.adobe.com/... Oh well.

Talking about Adobe and their magic you will be interested to read that this guy Zeldman made me laugh hard the other day.

Go read Zeldman's quest, it will put a smile on your face, the comments section even gets spiced up with an official Adobe rep. Good read! There you go Adobe, it is all out in the open, your assistant sucks as much as it always did.
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myfraFriday, September 30, 2011 4:16:00 pm
From France, I tell you YEAH YOU ROCK, DUDE !
Thanks a lot for helping us...
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LorriesFriday, October 07, 2011 9:31:00 am
Hi,

I downloaded CS4 Master (English Windows), total file size was 5,612,809kb. Tried to extract it with 7zip but failed.

If you could kindly advice?

Thank you!
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TechnoluxFriday, October 07, 2011 1:26:00 pm
Hello Lorries and thanks for your comment. Thanks for providing detailed information about your issue.

Can you please download this MD5 SHA-1 check utility and then post the MD5 and SHA-1 values. This will provide me with enough information to verify if your download has completed. I am not sure if the total size in kB or kb will suffice for me to verify the size of the downloaded files.

Also can you let me know what error message you got from 7zip please? Did it say the archive was corrupted or something else?

I hope to hear back from you with more information. In the meanwhile I will download CS4 Master Collection English Windows as well and will try to extract it as well as provide you with the MD5 checksum of CS4 Master Collection English Windows so that we can compare values.

Why Adobe does not list the MD5 checksums for their products to this day and why they continue to hugely annoy people with their download assistant is a riddle to me. Don't worry though, we will get this sorted in no time.
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LorriesFriday, October 07, 2011 9:15:00 pm
Hi, thanks for the prompt response!

The error message from 7zip states: "cannot open file as archive"

File size should be "5,612,809KB"

MD5 Checksum: 48C410FD6A15942A49F3B5D924CE0502
SHA-1 Checksum: 428CD48A256FF1D79C4BAFBA68B35C5E8EE720AE

Thanks for your help!
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TechnoluxFriday, October 07, 2011 10:05:00 pm
Hello Lorries,
unfortunately my response was faster than my findings so far, basically I have not yet had the time to download and calculate the checksums of the CS4 Master Collection English Windows. Be sure though that this will happen in the next 24 hours and my reply will be in comments here.

I am also trying to dig up possible other error sources as to why you cannot extract the download. If you like to, but only if you like to, you could, in the meanwhile try to download the same CS4 Master Collection English Windows to another folder and see if you get a different result for the checksums or if the download extracts then.

Also what just comes to mind is that, I think, it is not possible to install the CS4 Master Collection English Windows from an external drive. However this is not what you are trying to do since you could not even extract the file so far.

Bare with me and I will try to help you as good as I can. Speak soon!
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SShadesTuesday, October 11, 2011 6:16:00 pm
You are my hero!
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TechnoluxTuesday, October 11, 2011 8:44:00 pm
SShades, thanks for your comment, this is truly appreciated.

This also reminds me to post those checksums Lorries needed. On that now, sorry for the delay Lorries!!
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TechnoluxTuesday, October 11, 2011 11:22:00 pm
Dear Lorries,
here are the MD5 and SHA-1 checksums for the CS4 Master Collection English Windows:

CS4 Master Collection English Windows MD5 Checksum:
96176ECD850ADB226C9F26CC36810354

CS4 Master Collection English Windows SHA-1 Checksum: 88649B5B73B2B61DCFE1C0702E72CEAF9835BC70

CS4 Master Collection English Windows size on disk:
5,43 GB (5.832.994.553 Bytes)

CS4 Master Collection English Windows file size:
5.696.284KB

I have also done a full extraction of the downloaded .7zip file and it extracted perfectly. Since the checksums and file size you have do not match with the ones I have I strongly recommend to you to download the trial again. If you still do not get the correct download I can make a private torrent or ftp and let you download the file directly from my machine, however I strongly suggest you just try the download again. Sometimes Adobe fucks up in the way that the download does not finish 100% and then you get these extraction errors.

Again I am sorry for the delay in posting this reply. I hope this information helps you. If there is any thing else you need help with please let me know. I am happy to help you!
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Philz0neWednesday, October 12, 2011 1:55:00 pm
First, I'd like to compliment your skills, particularly your talent to teach. Many are able to learn and reiterate complex subject matter, but very, very few are able to make it easy to learn.

I've downloaded many of the Adobe programs without a problem, including CS5/Eng/Mac 10.6. Everything works perfectly except Acrobat Pro 9, which is part of the package. I've edited the Hosts file and it appears to have served its function. However, every launch of Acrobat requires the entry of a keygen that is nowhere to be found since this Acrobat is not a stand alone version - what do you suggest??

Also, is Acrobat X available for Mac? If I get it as a trial from Adobe along with anything other trial they offer, does Hosts editing I've done cover subsequent installation of other Adobe apps?
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AnonymousThursday, October 13, 2011 3:25:00 pm
Hello :)

I have downloaded all the files that I need successfully. My problem is that when I open any of the adobe applications (CS4s) I have an error:
Missing Components - Adobe Version Cue CS4

Could you help me with that error.
Thank you..

BTW, my laptop is Mac 10.4.11
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TechnoluxSaturday, October 15, 2011 4:34:00 pm
Philz0ne thanks for your comment. Just the other day some one as well told me that how I explained them things about a computer problem they had made it perfectly clear and easy to understand.

I try to think in images when explaining something to people that have no clue about it. That way taking items from everyday knowledge and using them as variables to explain IT matters it is easy for people to relate and with a bit of luck as well understand how things work. Any ways, thanks!

About your questions. Considering the Acrobat 9 that comes with the package, editing the HOSTS file is one thing but you also need one or two files replaced in the Acrobat folder for this to work completely. One thing is to stop the products reaching home through the HOSTS file, hence most cracks will tell you not to update the software, the other thing though is to stop the products from checking if you have entered a good or bad serial, this is usually done with cracked or better modified .dll or .exe files, that inside them, tell the product that is does not need to check for the serial any more.

To me it seems that you are missing some of those modified files/cracks. However where to get hold of that and how to install it cannot be talked about on this blog. There is plenty of good sources for this type of knowledge online. Thanks for your understanding. When it comes to the theory I am happy to help, the practical part you need to test yourself, like that you will also learn it very well, not only for Adobe.

I am not sure about Acrobat X being available for Mac, check on Adobe's sites and find out, no?

About your last question, editing the HOSTS file is not a magic tool that will allow you to use all software for free, it merely stops certain software from connecting to servers that the company or developers have told it do to connect to for any kind of reason. If you find a good source for the latest Adobe activation and registration servers and put those in your HOSTS file you will have some advantage. But what you need to know is that probably every product has a different way of checking if the product was activated and registered properly, so using things for free requires stopping them from calling home and tricking them into believing that the copy you run is completely activated and registered. To come back to your question, I assume you would need product specific cracked or modified files, each per product, to make each product you like to use think that you run an activated copy. Basically it is a two part process and only doing one part of it will not cover you perfectly fine as you can see from your questions.

Hope all this helps and makes somewhat a little bit of sense.
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TechnoluxSaturday, October 15, 2011 4:48:00 pm
Anon, thanks for your comment. Can you please let me know exactly what products you downloaded and installed and what exactly your error is? Do you have an error number or a screenshot perhaps?

I have searched for your error and came up with this: http://forums.adobe.com/message/2769808 and this: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/313697 on Adobe forums, however your issue might be something completely different.

Be careful, before your un-install any of your products save all your work to an external drive! I would not want you to loose data fiddling with the installation.

Also if you have more detail about your laptop and what OS exactly you run I can try to help you better. The more info I have the better I can pinpoint the issue and get it fixed.
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AnonymousWednesday, October 19, 2011 7:59:00 am
Broooooo I love you....
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cocconutSaturday, October 29, 2011 7:52:00 pm
Hi, Technolux and thanks!!!

Only a question: these links are for Master Collection 5.5 or version 5?
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AnonymousSunday, October 30, 2011 7:58:00 am
hi, when i click the link for after effects cs4, it redirects me to download trial version, cs5 which wont work for me because i dont have 64bit, i see recent posts, are the links working for others?
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TechnoluxSunday, October 30, 2011 4:08:00 pm
Hello cocconut and thanks for your comment. These are for CS3 up to CS5. Since CS5.5 links are widely available it is currently not my top priority to include the CS5.5 links here. For reason of completeness I might do so in the future. Perhaps when the CS6 links are out.
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TechnoluxSunday, October 30, 2011 4:14:00 pm
Hello Anon, thanks for your comment. You are only being redirected if you have not signed in with your Adobe account and clicked on this link https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=photoshop_lightroom to obtain a session cookie from Adobe servers.

As soon as you have followed the simple instructions given above the DDLs you will be able to successfully download all the trials to your hearts content.

You can be 100% sure that all these links work.
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AnonymousFriday, November 11, 2011 3:03:00 am
You are a life-saver! Thanks SO much for this! As a person who cannot find their CS4 after moving and then reformatting, this will save me so much frustration (and searching). Please continue this for as long as possible!
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AnonymousTuesday, November 15, 2011 3:32:00 am
Hi,

Thank you so much for this site, I have been looking for Adobe CS3 Master Collection English Windows download link and stumbled upon your site. Your site has been extremely helpful.

I tried downloading the Adobe CS3 Master Collection English Windows twice. I believe that I followed the steps you stated above, but maybe I messed up somehow. I'm using windows operating system. Both times after downloading, i click the setup icon. Everything works well but after i receive the summary installation screen I receive the following message:
Please insert Adobe CS3 Master Collection D1 into drive C: to continue installation.
Regardless if i choose the serial number option or the trial option, i get the same error. Am I doing something incorrectly? Thanks in advance for you assistance.
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TechnoluxWednesday, November 16, 2011 7:02:00 pm
Hello Anon and thanks indeed for your comments! Given so much positive input I shall really put my ass down and fill this place up with the missing CS5.5 links as well. Your positive input is a huge motivation to keep this going. Thanks!

Now to you Anon with the CS3 Master Collection English Windows installation problem.

Two things come to mind immediately.

First: Did you extract the .7zip file before you clicked on the Setup.exe inside the downloaded archive? You must extract the archive before you hit the Setup.exe inside it. It looks like to me that you clicked the Setup.exe without extracting the archive beforehand. Let me know if this was the case please.

Second: Did you download the whole archive? Sometimes Adobe messes up the download and it does not complete. If you look up in the comments, Lorries above also had a similar issue where he could not extract the archive. This happened because the download from Adobe servers was not complete.

Now to verify if you have really completed the download 100% I have downloaded the Adobe CS3 Master Collection English Windows yesterday and checked their MD5 and SHA-1 Checksums.

These are my results:

Adobe CS3 Master Collection English Windows MD5 Checksum: C013F53DC9AC32921520995086217A0C

Adobe CS3 Master Collection English Windows SHA-1 Checksum: B8D057F716A31D0E6907D93F92CEF9BD4212E5B9

File size: 3.173.433.544 Bytes
File size on disk: 3.173.437.440 Bytes
File size shown in Explorer: 3.099.057KB

To calculate and verify if you have completed the download 100% you can use Raylin's excellent MD5 & SHA-1 Checksum Utility that you can download for free from http://raylin.wordpress.com/downloads/md5-sha-1-checksum-utility. Compare your results to mine and let me know if you have the same figures.

With the above figures and the download of Adobe CS3 Master Collection English Windows I have just run a test install and it did install just fine without any problems or the need of another disk. I did not put in a serial number and used the option to evaluate the Master Collection. Hope this helps. Let me know if it did and what eventually fixed the problem for you.
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AnonymousSunday, November 20, 2011 11:36:00 pm
Hi,
Thanks for getting back to me. The file size and the file size on disk are exact matches to your results. I don't know where to find "File size shown in Explorer." If you could provide guidance on that, I'll confirm those numbers as well.

I also unzipped the file. I downloaded winzip as soon as i finished downloading the CS3 collection and it unzipped without any issue.

Lastly, I downloaded and installed the Checksum Utility. I'm not exactly sure which file to direct the utility to, but i did the unzipped setup file and my results do not match yours. Also when I tried the zipped MCS3 file, the utility does not respond and i have to close the program. My results for the setup file are below:

MD5: 685047DECBC6EC1B032D93943BFC92D0
SHA-1: C994902FBC2C93EFE46BAAAA86D974A982439BB3

Thanks in advance again, and as always i'm extremely appreciative of your assistance. Take care and have a great day.

~Ava
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TechnoluxSunday, November 20, 2011 11:47:00 pm
Hello Ava,
No worries, happy to help you. I will get back to you with more help soon. Don't worry and sorry I have not got the time to do so right now. Check back without 24 hours and more help will be here.
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AnonymousMonday, November 21, 2011 3:46:00 am
No problem and thanks for the quick response. Please take your time and reply when you have the time. Thanks again.

~Ava
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TechnoluxMonday, November 21, 2011 11:36:00 am
Hello Ava,
Since the file size and the file size on disk are exact matches to my results it looks like the MCS3 downloaded 100% from Adobe servers. Meaning you got the whole file OK it seems.

"File size shown in Explorer" is simply the file size in KB that is shown to you when you open up Windows Explorer and look at the file size of the file. Simple as that. Also since the downloaded MCS3 extracted without any issue we can assume pretty much that you have got the complete download.

About the Checksum Utility. The hashes (numbers) I have given are from the unzipped MCS3 file. It is normal that the Checksum Utility does take some time to complete this task and does not respond during the task. Simply let it run and do not try to run too many other tasks while the Checksum Utility calculates the hashes for the compressed MCS3 file. Once done post those numbers please.

Now it might be a good idea to tell me what version of Windows you are running.

Then please install and run the Adobe Creative Suite Cleaner Tool that you can find here: https://www.adobe.com/support/contact/cscleanertool.html Try to completely clean your machine from previous installations or installation tries. Before you do so, please do save your work and other precious files to preferably an external disk drive if you have (if you don't have one I suggest you get yourself one from Seagate, they make excellent drives, otherwise burn the work files on DVDs) and once done disconnect that drive from the computer before you run the tool. This is just to be 100% save that your work won't be affected by the Adobe Creative Suite Cleaner Tool.

Once done also install and run Ccleaner http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner and run Ccleaner on Windows, Applications and the Registry.

Once done try with the installation again, once we have made sure that the hashes of the compressed file match my results.

Have you got enough space on the drive you are trying to install to? Have you tried installing it to another drive or partition?

Adobe recommends to disable all anti-virus protection and other protection you might have running in the background during installation. You can try that as well but it is something I do not agree with and do not really condone. But you can try that as well.

Last not least if the error persists please do make a screenshot and upload it to any imagehost, so that I can see this error message being displayed.

I have been doing some research on the error and as usually Adobe Forums are not really helpful and mostly misleading.

I am sure we will get you sorted, so don't worry and with a bit of patience you can hopefully soon enjoy the MCS3.
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AnonymousWednesday, November 23, 2011 3:54:00 am
tecno: thanks for you posts. however, i am also having the issue with the download. i continue to get only 1.43gb. i have tried on 3 browsers and get the same things. any ideas?
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AnonymousWednesday, November 23, 2011 5:57:00 am
Hello!

Thanks for getting back to me and informing me I just need to be patient for the CheckSum Utility to finish...LOL. For the compressed MCS3 file, I got the following results.

MD5: C013F53DC9AC32921520995086217A0C
SHA-1: B8D057F716A31D0E6907D93F92CEF9BD4212E5B9

I am running windows Vista and I don't have any previous versions. I just received a new hard drive from Dell 3 weeks ago. So I'm pretty much starting from scratch, that's what prompted my search for the MSC3 collection... lol! I have a serial number and no software.

I downloaded and ran the Adobe cleaner anyways, just in case, but it quickly told me that there wasn't anything to remove. I didn't bother with the Ccleaner, cause this computer is about as close to factory settings as you can get. I've literally only downloaded office, itunes (which i haven't even added any songs from my external hard drive yet), and MCS3 + the programs you recommended me to get.

I don't believe space is an issue. I have 207 GB free.

Here is a link to the screen shot: http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z335/Ava747/MCS3_ScreenShot.jpg

If you still want me to run Ccleaner, just let me know and I will. I can also delete the file, re-download and try again.

Thanks again for your dedication to helping me resolve this issue. Hopefully some of the info I posted will help. I look forward to your response when you are able. Take care and have a great day.

~Ava
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AnonymousWednesday, November 23, 2011 6:34:00 am
i have also try to see if there was some type of limit maybe with a .7z file. i couldn't find anything. have downloaded 5 times. everytime it stops at 1.5gb. has to be a limiter somewhere. thanks in advance.
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KarenFriday, November 25, 2011 8:03:00 pm
Love these links, you have no idea how happy I am to have come to your blog. Superb! Kiss Karen :)
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TechnoluxSaturday, November 26, 2011 2:47:00 pm
Hello Anon,

thanks for your comment. What trial exactly are you trying to download? What operating system are you on? Do you run any firewall? There is no "limiter" or anything in place on Adobe servers. I have tried most of the above links and could download them fine. It is either something with your connection or with the way your ISP (Internet Service Provider) connects you to the internet. If you are not on a broadband connection you might also get a time out. If you let me know more details about your operating system I might be able to help you better. You can rest assured that all of the above links do work 100%. Just some days ago I did a trial install of the CS3 Master Collection English Windows and it worked perfectly. Happy to hear back from you and don't despair please.
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TechnoluxSaturday, November 26, 2011 3:34:00 pm
Hello Ava, (PART ONE)

First of all it does look like you downloaded the file 100% correctly. Those are the same hashes I get for the Adobe CS3 Master Collection English Windows, so we can put a big check next to that point on the list. Phuuu and YEAH!!

Then I have been doing some meticulous research on the error and found that actually a lot of other people are having this error as well. Most of those run Windows Vista as well. If you are interested in my findings here are some links that might or might not be interesting to you. However I have a different approach to all this so you might not necessarily have to look at all these links and simply read on.

"Please insert Adobe CS3 Master Collection D1 into drive" ERROR:

Troubleshoot installation problems (Adobe Creative Suite 3.x on Windows Vista) What Adobe says on this..

Adobe CS3 Installer I have checked this method and would assume it works fine however it requires a lot of fiddling with the registry and since I am not sure about how well you understand computers I would not recommend this to you. Lots of work and the error could still persist.

Adobe_CS3_Master_Colection_Corprate[NoActivationNeeded]-FiNsTeRc Check the comments page 11 here. For this person a simple update fixed the error.

Adobe CS3 Install HELL There is not much more to say than this really is true install HELL. Read through it in a free minute or two and think if you really want to go this way.

Adobe CS3 install horror… round 2 ..And more so in round 2.

Given all these links and all the various solutions for the issue you can be about 80% sure that continue to trying this will not work.

Solution:
What I do suggest to you is that you post me your computer specifications and either install XP or Windows 7. For both OSs I can provide you with links to clean and 100% verified checksum hashes so that you can, depending on your system specifications, install either one, then activate it and then finally start using Adobe CS3 Master Collection English Windows.

I have one computer running XP Service Pack 2 (Service Pack 3 is NOT needed) and one running Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit. On both machines Adobe CS3 Master Collection English Windows installed fine without errors.

I am telling you this since most of the people that used Windows Vista had this error. Also you might be interested to hear that Windows Vista is probably the worst OS from Microsoft, really it is not even worth the packaging it comes with. In the end they were giving it away for 20$ in the Microsoft cafeteria to their employees.

So I can only strongly suggest to you that you get rid of it because the errors will not stop, even if you run everything with Administrator user rights.
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TechnoluxSaturday, November 26, 2011 3:34:00 pm
Hello Ava, (PART TWO)

Since some other people asked as well I am about to post an entry on correct, solid and clean installation of either of the OS versions, including most importantly, how to correctly partition your hard drive for it, how to make 100% clean images of the OS and how to keep your work and sensitive data, photos, videos, music save from the OS in case it crashes or in case you install something willing or unwillingly that then might affect all of your data. Do not worry, this sounds very technical but in fact it is very easy to accomplish and once done will save you countless hours of work and hassle with the OS as well as keep your computer running smooth for years. My XP box is from round 2001 and it still runs smooth like on the first day with this procedure.

Also lately a client of mine was also extremely thankful for having showed her this procedure, saying that I saved her thousands of dollars investing in a new computer when all the old one needed was a proper installation and configuration of the OS.

If you decide to go this way then the next thing you do is simply post your computer specifications as detailed as you can. Like what hardware you have, graphics card, audio card, how much RAM, what kind of CD or DVD drive and so on. Most important how fast it is, meaning the detailed specification of the chip, its speed and weather it supports 32 or even 64 bit environments. Then we can decide if XP or Windows 7 is for you. I already have a feeling though that we might go for Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit, but we will see.

If you don't want to go this way due to too much work involved or you are being scared you might do something wrong, then please do feel free to follow the instructions given on the above links to this error, but again, I really don't recommend going through that hassle.

If you would be close by I could surly do the work on site with you, teaching you on hand, but I doubt your location is close to mine. What country are you in currently if I may ask?

I hope all this helps you, it seems that you are not a busy time schedule regarding the computer what is good, all I can say now is that once you have all this sorted you will not have to think about computer errors or bad software for years if not forever, the learning curve is also not that steep, hell if it would be people would not use computers at all.

Speak soon!
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TechnoluxSaturday, November 26, 2011 3:36:00 pm
Hello Karen,

thanks for your comment, yes a kiss is just what I need when thinking about how bad Adobe has been to its customers for years and there is no end in sight. Feel free to let other friends know about this list so that people can start enjoy the product instead of having to battle installation problems. Thanks!
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AnonymousTuesday, November 29, 2011 10:51:00 pm
Hi there,
I bought CS4 Premium Design (for Mac) in December 2008. I installed it on my Win-laptop.(with help of the trial versions)
Now I have a second laptop with Win7 and I cannot install CS4 at all.
I already downloaded 'ADBESTSCS4_LS4.7z' and unzipped it in 7zip. What do I do know? There are so many files, do I need to install them all?
Thanks for your help. Gke
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TechnoluxTuesday, November 29, 2011 11:56:00 pm
Hi Gke,
how did you install CS4 Design Premium for Mac on your Windows laptop in 2008? That sounds strange to say the least.

On your new Windows 7 laptop you download ADBESTDSCS4_LS1.7z, extract it with 7zip and double-click on the Setup.exe that you find in the extracted folder. You do not do anything else with the other extracted files. The Setup.exe will start the automated installation process for you.

To double-check if you have downloaded the complete ADBESTDSCS4_LS1.7z, get the free MD5 SHA-1 Checksum Utility from Raymond's Wordpress, drag the compressed single file ADBESTDSCS4_LS1.7z into it, wait until it has calculated the MD5 and SHA-1 checksums and post those with your next comment. I will do the same and if our numbers match you will know that your download has finished 100% and you can start with the installation by hitting the Setup.exe.

Hope this helps! All the best!
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AnonymousWednesday, November 30, 2011 5:58:00 am
Hi Technolux,

Thanks so much for the very detailed response. I am very aware of how dismal Vista is...lol! I've been told many a times. But that's what came on my machine so that's what i have.

I will take your advise and follow your suggestion. I'm no where near your level with understanding computers. I would say i fall in between a high level beginner - extremely low level advance. I will try my best to follow your instruction. I live in the US, in the Washington DC Metro Area. I'm sure the chances of you being close by are low, but i'll cross my fingers and hope anyways...lol. The specifications of my computer are as follows:

*Windows Vista Home Premium Service Pack 2
*Dell Inc. XPS M1530
*2.00 gigahertz Intel Core2 Duo
*64 kilobyte primary memory cache
*2048 kilobyte secondary memory cache
*32-bit Operating System
*Multi-core (2 total)
*Not hyper-threaded
*Memory (RAM): 4.00GB
*Display adapter type NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS
*Display adapter driver version 7.15.11.7644
*Primary monitor resolution 1440x900
*DirectX version DirectX 10
*TEAC DVD+-RW DVW28SLC ATA Device [Optical drive]
*Toshiba MK3276GSX [Hard Drive]
*SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC

Hopefully that's everything you need to access the situation. If you need anything else, please let me know (and probably where to find it)

Thanks again for your continued support and I look forward to your response. Take care and have a great day.

~Ava
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AnonymousThursday, December 01, 2011 1:26:00 pm
Hello again,
YES, IT WORKS !!!THANKS

How I installed it in 2008?
I downloaded the trial version from Adobe; I used the Win-serialnumber we got with the Mac-cds and it worked.
I did everything the same then as I did now; only for now I didn't know where to find the trialversions. So you helped me a lot with this site.
Many thankx,
Gke
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TechnoluxThursday, December 01, 2011 2:25:00 pm
Hello Ava,
thanks for the detailed info. Since not only you have this problem and other kinds of it there will soon be a detailed post on how to properly setup, image and secure Windows. Since this is a little bit more to explain it will be in an upcoming post that I anyways had on my mind for quite some time. I am a bit pressed on time but soon back to normal workload and should then be able to continue to help you and I guess others with similar issues. All the best! Don't despair. Things will be fine in the end!
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TechnoluxThursday, December 01, 2011 2:30:00 pm
Hello Gke,
I am glad you managed to get things done! It always makes me happy when people report back and let me know that something that I tried to help them with worked out.

What I thought from your first comment is that you installed the Mac version of the Adobe software onto your Windows laptop and that somehow does not make sense unless you have used a virtual machine for that. Since you were referring to the serial numbers I do now get it. And yes, the serial numbers should be the same for Mac and Windows installations, but I would not know since I neither have a Mac nor intend to use one.

Also, I have been meaning to do for a long time, and with CS6 coming up, I should really update the links here with the CS5.5 versions. So much to do and so little time. If you or anyone else has any more questions just let me know.
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TechnoluxMonday, December 12, 2011 7:49:00 pm
Hello Ava,
just to let you know I am working on that post for you on how to install, secure and configure the OS properly. Hope it will work out for your installation of Adobe after that. Still lots of work though. If you can't or don't want to wait that long try installing the single components you want instead of the Master Collection. That would also work.
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AnonymousFriday, December 16, 2011 4:23:00 am
Thanks Technolux,

I appreciate all your hard work. Please take your time and enjoy the holidays. I may try your suggestion of doing individual components but most likely i'll just wait until your able to finish the post. Take care and happy holidays!

~Ava
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TechnoluxFriday, December 16, 2011 11:56:00 am
Thanks Ava, you too have some relaxing and contemplative times over the next few days with family and friends.
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AnonymousThursday, December 22, 2011 5:57:00 am
Thanks for this! It helps a LOT!

How can we find the links to the latest software and future software? Or do we just have to wait until you update them?

Thanks again for your work!
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TechnoluxFriday, December 23, 2011 10:20:00 pm
Anon, tell you what, I will update them with the latest links today! And yes you will surly find the links to the new and future versions of Adobe software here at this very post too. As long as Adobe does force users to use the Akamai Download Manager I will publish the direct download links to their software here, you can be sure about that.
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TechnoluxFriday, December 23, 2011 10:20:00 pm
I am sorry to not have been able to update above post so far but I do promise this will be done before midnight tomorrow the 24th of December. A few unplanned things with top priority came in between and so you will have to wait a little bit longer. Sorry about this. Check back soon please.
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UltraFriday, December 23, 2011 10:23:00 pm
don't worry, take you time, it is xmas folks lets not forget that if you find time to update great... if not a couple days later is fine BUT it wud relly kick ass to have all the links here for sure..
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AnonymousMonday, December 26, 2011 10:29:00 pm
You made my day. Seriously. Thanks a billion!
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AnonymousTuesday, December 27, 2011 7:40:00 am
Thanks for the update, You're a saviour.
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long john silverTuesday, December 27, 2011 12:46:00 pm
but where are the latest links?? can you update please?? thanks, anyways this is a great post, bookmarked!

LJS
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aliffSaturday, December 31, 2011 5:19:00 am
Hi Technolux, I have downloaded the CS4 Master COllection (Windows). However, there is no setup.exe in the file to begin the installation. Any idea why?
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TechnoluxSaturday, December 31, 2011 7:39:00 pm
possibly not full downloaded, did you extract the file? what is the checksum (see comments above) of the downloaded file?
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Harshil SharmaMonday, January 09, 2012 9:50:00 am
Are the downloads resumeable?
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TechnoluxMonday, January 09, 2012 11:35:00 pm
Harshil Sharma thanks for your comment. I think they are if you use a download manager.
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Harshil SharmaWednesday, January 11, 2012 8:33:00 am
I'm not able to download adobe cs5 masters collection. the download shows complete after about 400mb. Is there a problem in the link or the problem is from my side. And are others able to download the file?
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TechnoluxFriday, January 13, 2012 1:12:00 am
Ava, Happy New Year. Just to let you know I have started work on the post. Since it is quite big and making this easy for everyone to understand it needs to be written in a bit more detail, hence the long preparation. Please by your means do not wait for this to happen before you start enjoying your computer though. If you need Adobe software try getting them in separate downloads instead of the Master Collection, but I think I already did mention that. So yee, this can still take a month or longer. I am just letting you know.
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AnonymousTuesday, January 17, 2012 9:38:00 pm
plz give us the link for ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 10
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AnonymousSunday, January 22, 2012 5:01:00 pm
Hi Technolux - I'm unable to access any of the CS5 Master Collection links above. Is there something wrong with the links? I was able to download it fine the first time but cannot access it this time around (accidentally deleted it -- oops!). Thanks!
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AnonymousWednesday, February 01, 2012 5:01:00 pm
Works so well! Thanks!!
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jorge 2009Thursday, February 02, 2012 2:18:00 pm
GRACIAS AMIGO
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TechnoluxFriday, February 03, 2012 3:11:00 am
@EVERYONE!!!!!

That's it. I have FINALLY UPDATED the Adobe direct download links to CS5.1 and CS5.5.

The list is thoroughly checked for typos. PLEASE, if YOU, yes YOU reading there, find a typo OR a missing link, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do get in touch on my contact page http://technolux.blogspot.com/p/contact.html or simply leave a comment here so that I can correct the typo or add the link(s).

Thanks so much and now enjoy!!
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AnonymousWednesday, February 08, 2012 5:11:00 am
Thanks!!! Gracias!! Grazie!!!
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SakuWednesday, February 15, 2012 5:40:00 pm
Hi Technolux,
A BIG thanks to you: I purchased my CS4 Premium in late 2009 as EDU and after my MAC crashed some time ago I noticed I'd lost my installation DVD. So after finding your blog I was able to dl the whole software package. Well it wasn't so easy -> my EDU license number didn't work with this:

Adobe Design Premium CS4 English Mac
http://trials2.adobe.com/Applications/DesignPre/CS4/Mac/ADBESTDSCS4_LS1.dmg

Do you by any chance have the EDU installer for this?

Thanks,
Saku
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john hSunday, February 19, 2012 6:26:00 pm
hiya. Great set of links - thx! But... any idea where I ca get Design Standard CS4 ? You have CS4 premium liste but not standard.
thx

John
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john hSunday, February 19, 2012 6:28:00 pm
hiya

Any chance you know the link for Design Standard CS4 ? I've tried the premium but my serial number didn't see to work with it.

thx

John
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AnonymousThursday, March 01, 2012 6:48:00 am
wget from command line in Linux?
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AnonymousFriday, March 02, 2012 12:25:00 am
It's amazing that adobe does less work for their paying customers than you!

Thank you for saving me $500 dollars for an upgrade! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
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AnonymousFriday, March 02, 2012 5:18:00 am
I don't have a permission to access the server or something like that it gave me...I tried to download Master Collection CS5.5 English.
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AnonymousTuesday, March 06, 2012 9:41:00 am
Thanks so much mate! Absolute life saver! Had the cd's and serial number but disks weren't reading. Can't thank you enough!
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AnonymousFriday, March 23, 2012 1:22:00 am
Hello. Thank you so much! I'd like to let you know that the file in "Adobe Master Collection CS3 Extra Content German Windows" could not have been found.

Have a nice day ;)
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UnknownWednesday, March 28, 2012 5:12:00 am
Tank You!! its excelent, it's faster than the adobe download assistant!!
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AnonymousWednesday, March 28, 2012 5:56:00 pm
Hello, Im having a little issue getting master collection cs4 english on win7 32bit to install. Help is greatly appreciated. I followed the steps above i think . I got it downloaded and extracted the files with 7zip but when i click on setup.exe it doesnt do anything after i click ok to the do you want to allow this program to make changes pop up. I also see that it adds a file named ahmbed.gz .I redownloaded the file 3 times and it does the same everytime .File size is 5,696,284kb .Am i missing something to get this working ? I also tried opening as admin. Thanks
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Muhammad Amjad KhanMarFriday, March 30, 2012 5:19:00 pm
Hello Friends I am looking for Adobe Design Standard CS3 Middle Eastern 30 days trial version, but unfortunately i couldn't find it any where, can some one share me its links please!
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Str8Saturday, March 31, 2012 10:36:00 pm
Hmm i am dling the windows version . Should i try the cs5 instead of the cs4?

Heres the checksum im getting

MD5 F0CBDFC91BD8B2BF6D9386CE5FCE9B45
Sha-1 DFA2E50870E38E005F73AEB72D47C932215AFD7F

It just adds the GZ file after i click ok to allow to mae changes to my computer.It doesnt install Cs4 though but you can see the file adds when you have the folder open.

Hardware specs are
AMD PhenomII 3.4 quad core
Asus MB
4 gig crucial ddr3 1600 memory
seagate 800 gig HD
Geforce graphics
Corsair 650w power supply
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AnonymousThursday, April 05, 2012 1:34:00 am
Please REUP all please i need all of them version englsih and spanish, everything is access denied..
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proTuesday, April 10, 2012 11:12:00 am
Fuck man you have very cool
Thank!!
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AnonymousTuesday, April 10, 2012 10:35:00 pm
Could you also please give the links to Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4?
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AnonymousThursday, April 12, 2012 8:42:00 pm
i downloaded cs5 like five times and it worked but my plug ins wont work can anyone help me?
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SimphiweSaturday, April 14, 2012 3:23:00 pm
Thank you very much kind Sir!
Been looking for CS3 mac and could not find it anywhere. You have been a great help.
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pimpin100Thursday, April 26, 2012 3:04:00 am
what do i do when it says access denied?
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TechnoluxMonday, April 30, 2012 11:06:00 pm
Giana, thanks for your comment about the CS6 direct download links. It seems some changes still need to be done to those, I figured it out and am now preparing the links for upload. This should be done in a couple of hours. It is official, the Adobe CS6 Direct Download Links are OUT!
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DigitalArtistTuesday, May 01, 2012 4:27:00 am
Thanks for the CS6 links! AWESOME as usual!!
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elanecuTuesday, May 01, 2012 9:15:00 am
First, thank you for your work and generosity. Second, I downloaded (with no problem) your link for PS CS6 extended Mac English (link ending in 13_LS4.dmg) but at installation it allows a choice of one of ten European languages..... but not English. Is it the wrong link?
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TechnoluxTuesday, May 01, 2012 1:20:00 pm
OK, I have updated the English language links for CS6, they are all correct now.
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AnonymousWednesday, May 02, 2012 9:52:00 am
Hi, thank you for sharing all of this...
But i tried to download Adobe After Effects CS6 English Mac, but i am getting a access denied :-(
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DJ AkashaWednesday, May 02, 2012 1:39:00 pm
You're amazing! This must have taken you ages to do! Thank you so much!
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KittyWednesday, May 02, 2012 6:32:00 pm
You are my man, now and forever, those CS6 links are ACE, thanks for you effort and help! Hugs & Kizz!! :)))
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AnonymousThursday, May 03, 2012 1:59:00 am
Hey man, Eres sorprendete, muchas gracias por esto tenia dias que los estaba buscando. Thank you =D
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TechnoluxThursday, May 03, 2012 3:29:00 am
Thank you girls and guys! :D
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AnonymousSunday, May 06, 2012 8:16:00 pm
I've been looking for a possibility to download adobe after effects cs 4, because i have a 32 bit version of windows...

Thank you very much for this list
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AnonymousMonday, May 07, 2012 8:37:00 am
Much appreciated...
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Pubudu KodikaraMonday, May 07, 2012 5:57:00 pm
Bro, the master collection is available only in 32bit? The 64 bit version?
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DREAMTHERTuesday, May 08, 2012 8:08:00 am
thanks for the links
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'yudha UchihaTuesday, May 08, 2012 2:08:00 pm
thanks very much gan!
thats make me easily download with my sweetest downloader :D
i also reshare about this blog in my blog :D
http://heresyku.blogspot.com/
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AnonymousThursday, May 10, 2012 6:15:00 am
Do you have the links for the new CS6 Design and Web Premium? Thanks
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AnonymousThursday, May 10, 2012 8:44:00 am
This saves me f***ing two days when my akamai-ed CS6 Design and Web were interrupted by power failure.
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TechnoluxFriday, May 11, 2012 2:47:00 am
Here are the rest of the CS links. I will add those to the list tomorrow and check for more available language codes.

Please see this post for your preferred language code:
http://technolux.blogspot.com/2012/04/adobe-cs6-direct-download-links.html

Flash Builder 4.6
http://trials2.adobe.com/AdobeProducts/FLBR/4_6/win32/FlashBuilder_4_6_LS10.exe
http://trials2.adobe.com/AdobeProducts/FLBR/4_6/osx10/FlashBuilder_4_6_LS10.dmg

SpeedGrade CS6
http://trials2.adobe.com/AdobeProducts/SPGD/6/win64/SpeedGrade_6_LS17.exe
http://trials2.adobe.com/AdobeProducts/SPGD/6/osx10-64/SpeedGrade_6_LS17.dmg

Design & Web Premium CS6
http://trials2.adobe.com/AdobeProducts/DSST/CS6/win32/DesignWebPremium_CS6_LS16.7z
http://trials2.adobe.com/AdobeProducts/DSST/CS6/win32/DesignWebPremium_CS6_LS4.7z

http://trials2.adobe.com/AdobeProducts/DSST/CS6/osx10/DesignWebPremium_CS6_LS16.dmg
http://trials2.adobe.com/AdobeProducts/DSST/CS6/osx10/DesignWebPremium_CS6_LS4.dmg

InDesign CS6 Extra Content
http://trials2.adobe.com/AdobeProducts/IDSN/8/win32/InDesignFamily_8_Content_ALL.exe
http://trials2.adobe.com/AdobeProducts/IDSN/8/osx10/InDesignFamily_8_Content_ALL.dmg

Illustrator CS6 Extra Content
http://trials2.adobe.com/AdobeProducts/ILST/16/win32/Illustrator_16_Content_LS16.exe
http://trials2.adobe.com/AdobeProducts/ILST/16/osx10/Illustrator_16_Content_LS16.dmg

Premiere Pro CS6 Extra Content
http://trials2.adobe.com/AdobeProducts/PPRO/6/win64/PremierePro_6_Content_LS7.7z
http://trials2.adobe.com/AdobeProducts/PPRO/6/osx10-64/PremierePro_6_Content_LS7.dmg
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AnonymousFriday, May 11, 2012 7:15:00 am
Hello!

I have been trying to extract a file for days now, with no success. No matter where I download it from, what utility I use to extract it, it always fails with massive corruption.

Win 7 64-bit
Firefox 12.0
WinZip, WinRar, 7Zip

File is Master Collection CS5.5 LS1 Windows

MD5 Checksum: 6DFEA158E86711ED20BAFBD167388120
SHA-1 Checksum: 5B674C5966825BF5B765245CD7DE2FCADBF1D3EA

Thank you for any assistance you may be able to provide!
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AnonymousSunday, May 13, 2012 3:03:00 pm
Thanks for the help! I grabbed that utility earlier from another link above, works great. I guess I'll just keep trying!
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AnonymousMonday, May 14, 2012 3:21:00 am
please add link for cs6 Middle East Version( supported Arabic )

and tell me whitch Language Code is Middle East Version
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neelFriday, May 18, 2012 12:53:00 pm
hello, can i get link to download free trial version of adobe photoshop CS6 for windows 7 64 bit for free
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AnonymousThursday, May 31, 2012 8:40:00 pm
This page is quite useful for retrieving the older versions we're licensed for and not having to purchase upgrades just to download the software. Thank you!
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