Dealing with Adobe CS3 Applications Hanging on First Run.

Issue: You work for a company that still uses Windows XP Professional or Windows Vista along with the horrific mess that is Adobe CS3. You install CS3 from DVD to a fresh desktop and upon running any of the applications they hang.

Solution: Adobe CS3 was plagued with several installer and licensing issues both on the Windows and Mac versions. The issue here is file permissions and a corrupt licensing service. Lets fix the permissions and install the licensing service update.

• Lets fix the permissions for the Adobe Installation.

From a Command Prompt:

1. c:
2. cacls "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 8.0" /T /E /C /G administrators:F
3. exit

• Now lets follow the instructions for downloading and running the licensing service fix.
• Hopefully you can run Photoshop and install your license key.