# argh, photoshop activation.
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/argh-photoshop-activation/40717
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [December 24, 2007, 6:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/argh-photoshop-activation/40717 "2007-12-24T06:50:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2007, 6:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/argh-photoshop-activation/40717/1 "2007-12-24T06:50:19Z")
So i’ve been using a cracked version of adobe photoshop cs2 for years now.
Same installation of windows, same everything.
So this morning, they pushed down an update without asking to update the software (i never update it for this reason).
Now its got this activation bullshit on it, very similar to the ms windows xp activation scheme.
How lame, now it will cost me a few minutes to figure out how to hack it…
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### Author:  [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2007, 6:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/argh-photoshop-activation/40717/2 "2007-12-24T06:56:41Z")
:cough:buyit:cough:
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### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2007, 7:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/argh-photoshop-activation/40717/3 "2007-12-24T07:05:52Z")
> [@walter](#):
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> :cough:buyit:cough:
:cough:go pay for data recovery on your stupid drive:cough: 😉
Just go get a new crack. Or hop on a torrent search and download CS3.
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### Author:  [@SubaruDan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SubaruDan)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2007, 7:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/argh-photoshop-activation/40717/4 "2007-12-24T07:19:47Z")
pmed
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### Author:  [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2007, 8:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/argh-photoshop-activation/40717/5 "2007-12-24T08:35:04Z")
umm dont trust binaries from torrents. verify md5 before touching them
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### Author:  [@maverick27](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/maverick27)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2007, 8:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/argh-photoshop-activation/40717/6 "2007-12-24T08:37:06Z")
dl cs3 ext trial. dl keygen. win.
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### Author:  [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2007, 8:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/argh-photoshop-activation/40717/7 "2007-12-24T08:40:44Z")
> [@JayS](#):
>
> :cough:go pay for data recovery on your stupid drive:cough: 😉
>
> Just go get a new crack. Or hop on a torrent search and download CS3.
:stallowned:
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### Author:  [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2007, 9:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/argh-photoshop-activation/40717/8 "2007-12-24T09:02:11Z")
> [@JustinH"](#):
>
> So i’ve been using a cracked version of adobe photoshop cs2 for years now.
>
> Same installation of windows, same everything.
>
> So this morning, they pushed down an update without asking to update the software (i never update it for this reason).
>
> Now its got this activation bullshit on it, very similar to the ms windows xp activation scheme.
>
> How lame, now it will cost me a few minutes to figure out how to hack it…
the activation you do it “over the phone” its like a sign countersign thing. photoshop gives you an number and you use that number in a keygen like thing to give you another number to put in the activation code thing…
It worked like this for CS2 i don’t know about CS3, i can;t imagine it being much different though