Photoshop CS2 "reactivation" problem? - Page 2

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"John Bean" <waterfoot@gmail.com> wrote in message news:3f8gquF6he1gU1@individual.net...
> Rick wrote:
> > "MarkH" <markat@atdot.dot.dot> wrote in message news:aJDje.152943$Sq.72181@fe05.news.easynews.com...
> >
> >>"Rick" <nospam@earthlink.net> wrote in
> >>news:SdDje.569$oT1.440@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net:
> >>
> >>
> >>>"John Bean" <waterfoot@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >>>news:3f8cvoF6h6lqU1@individual.net...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>If that is your purpose then you don't want a cracked
> >>>>version, simply a keygen for your legit copy to allow you to
> >>>>do a "by phone" activation without actually phoning anybody.
> >>>
> >>>That's exactly what a cracked version is: PS CS or CS2
> >>>plus a keygen.
> >>
> >>I'm sorry, but that is just incorrect. What you are describing is not a
> >>cracked version, it is a normal version + a keygen. This is not even close
> >>to being the same thing as a cracked version.
> >
> >
> > Er, who do you think writes keygens? Adobe??
> >
> > A keygen is one of the simplest forms of cracks, but it's
> > still a crack.
>
> Yes, but the difference is the software you run is exactle
> as Adobe released it, not meddled with in some unknown and
> possibly malicious way.

Sorry John, that's simply false. You're confusing "crack"
with "hack". A hack is a modification of original code; the
term "crack" originally referred to breaking codes during
WWII -- and that's exactly what a keygen does. So in
the strictest sense of the word, a keygen is a crack.

Part of your confusion is my fault; I assumed people would
know what is meant by the phrase "cracked version". I was
simply referring to a copy of PS bundled with its keygen.

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Rick wrote:

>>>A keygen is one of the simplest forms of cracks, but it's
>>>still a crack.
>>
>>Yes, but the difference is the software you run is exactle
>>as Adobe released it, not meddled with in some unknown and
>>possibly malicious way.
>
>
> Sorry John, that's simply false. You're confusing "crack"
> with "hack". A hack is a modification of original code; the
> term "crack" originally referred to breaking codes during
> WWII -- and that's exactly what a keygen does. So in
> the strictest sense of the word, a keygen is a crack.
>
> Part of your confusion is my fault; I assumed people would
> know what is meant by the phrase "cracked version". I was
> simply referring to a copy of PS bundled with its keygen.

Well, you certainly confused it by adding:

"A few cracks go one step further and
prevent PS from writing/checking for the AdobeLM disk
signature, which is very useful (i.e. doesn't require
reactivation -- even fake reactivation with a keygen) if
one frequently swaps hard drives."

Had you said "A few *hacks* go one step further..." I wouldn't have
made the comment, I was assuming you didn't know the difference...


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John Bean

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"Rick" <nospam@earthlink.net> writes:

> "David Dyer-Bennet" <dd-b@dd-b.net> wrote in message news:m2psvlukfw.fsf@gw.dd-b.net...
>> "Dave R knows who" <kilbyfan@spamnotAOL.com> writes:
>>
>> > "Mark²" <mjmorgan(lowest even number here)@cox..net> wrote in message
>> > news:JFcje.33$Qp.9@fed1read04...
>>
>> >> CS did this as well.
>> >> My system trips their "re-activation" triggers all the time.
>> >> It's quite annoying.
>> >> Most of the time it goes through just fine, but more than once I've had to
>> >> call them.
>> >> It's annoying as anything, but is NOT new for CS2.
>>
>> > Isn't that annoying? Meanwhile the cracked versions seem to never have a
>> > problem.
>>
>> The cracked versions I've found so far all seem to be virus-infested
>> -- enough that I haven't been willing to unpack and run them. I want
>> one for my archive, since I don't trust Adobe to be there when I need
>> to activate Photoshop CS running in my emulated windows system on
>> whatever computer I'll be using in 20 years.
>
> David, I'm not sure where you're looking for these versions
> (e.g. http and mirc/p2p are not the best choices), but I've
> yet to find any virus infection on any cracked version of
> CS2 (or CS for that matter).

Well, it might be a false positive, I'm just unwilling to play around
with my main computer to find out.
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Bob Williams <mytbobnospam@cox.net> writes:

> I have two desktop computers.
> One for use on the internet and the other for Photo Editing.
> The Photo Editing machine NEVER sees the internet.
> There are just too many folks trying to screw up my machine with
> Viruses, Adware, Spam, ad nauseam.

My desktop machine (well, actually 4 generations of my desktop
machine) have been connected 24/7 to the Internet since 1996. I have
had *one* minor virus problem, which I got from a WORD document I
received from a person working on a volunteer project with me (and
which was very quickly extinguished).

I don't, however, run either Outlook Express or Internet Explorer.
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On Sat, 21 May 2005 13:19:30 -0500, David Dyer-Bennet <dd-b@dd-b.net>
wrote:


>I don't, however, run either Outlook Express or Internet Explorer.


Good policy, IMO. Avoid M$ Internet clients
like the plague. The rest of the OS isn't
all that bad.


rafe b.
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John Bean <waterfoot@gmail.com> writes:

> On Sat, 21 May 2005 13:15:56 -0500, David Dyer-Bennet
> <dd-b@dd-b.net> wrote:
>
>>John Bean <waterfoot@gmail.com> writes:
>>> If that is your purpose then you don't want a cracked version, simply
>>> a keygen for your legit copy to allow you to do a "by phone"
>>> activation without actually phoning anybody. This has even been
>>> discussed on the Adobe forums as a reasonable way to re-activate when
>>> you're unable to contact Adobe support for whatever reason.
>>
>>Sorry, I'm talking about keygens -- the crack, rather than a cracked
>>version.
>
> Ah, ok. My AV software warns me during HTTP/FTP transfer so
> I don't even get as far as completing the download let alone
> saving the file if it's infected. Maybe I was just lucky but
> the first keygen I found was fine. Works perfectly. I paid
> for PS6 - and the upgrade to CS - so I have no guilty
> conscience about using a keygen to minimise the annoyance of
> the Adobe activation system.

All the keygens I've downloaded scan as dirty. Haven't tried running
them; maybe some day when I have a computer off the net that I'm about
to wipe clean and reinstall anyway :-).
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On Sat, 21 May 2005 18:13:57 -0500, David Dyer-Bennet
<dd-b@dd-b.net> wrote:

>John Bean <waterfoot@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On Sat, 21 May 2005 13:15:56 -0500, David Dyer-Bennet
>> <dd-b@dd-b.net> wrote:
>>
>>>John Bean <waterfoot@gmail.com> writes:
>>>> If that is your purpose then you don't want a cracked version, simply
>>>> a keygen for your legit copy to allow you to do a "by phone"
>>>> activation without actually phoning anybody. This has even been
>>>> discussed on the Adobe forums as a reasonable way to re-activate when
>>>> you're unable to contact Adobe support for whatever reason.
>>>
>>>Sorry, I'm talking about keygens -- the crack, rather than a cracked
>>>version.
>>
>> Ah, ok. My AV software warns me during HTTP/FTP transfer so
>> I don't even get as far as completing the download let alone
>> saving the file if it's infected. Maybe I was just lucky but
>> the first keygen I found was fine. Works perfectly. I paid
>> for PS6 - and the upgrade to CS - so I have no guilty
>> conscience about using a keygen to minimise the annoyance of
>> the Adobe activation system.
>
>All the keygens I've downloaded scan as dirty. Haven't tried running
>them; maybe some day when I have a computer off the net that I'm about
>to wipe clean and reinstall anyway :-).

I wouldn't bother when a clean keygen can be had as long as
you use a reliable source - but I'm certainly not going to
publish the URL here...

Not hard to find with Google, the one I use is by "Paradox".

That's too many clues already :-)


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John Bean

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Mark Roberts wrote:

> Bob Williams <mytbobnospam@cox.net> wrote:
>
>>I did not know about CS2 having to call home to
>>maintain activation. What a crazy concept!
>>I was considering an upgrade to CS2. But not anymore!
>>It seems like that would be illegal. In effect, they would deny me the
>>use of a product that I purchased from them, even though I would be
>>using it in a normal fashion.
>>Are they trying to tell me I must connect my Photo Editor to the
>>internet? No Way Jose'. Adios Adobe CS2!
>
> I'm with you here. I upgrade every other version and since I'm currently
> using 7.0 so I was planning on buying CS2 in the near future, but this
> is alarming. I'm going to have to see if I can come up with a cracked
> copy. Don't get me wrong, I'm not going to steal this software. If I can
> get a cracked version that doesn't require this online activation (and
> it works) I'll happily pay Adobe for a new copy just to be legal.
>


I did this with my video editing software "vegas video 4". I bought a legal
copy AFTER a found a crack that worked so I wouldn't be dependant on the
software supplier to use this product.
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On 21 May 2005 17:13:51 -0700, Paul Rubin
<http://phr.cx@NOSPAM.invalid> wrote:

>John Bean <waterfoot@gmail.com> writes:
>> I wouldn't bother when a clean keygen can be had as long as
>> you use a reliable source - but I'm certainly not going to
>> publish the URL here...
>
>Not that I'd ever use one, but do they publish source code to those things?

I wouldn't have though so.

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John Bean

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Stacey <fotocord@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Mark Roberts wrote:
>
>> Bob Williams <mytbobnospam@cox.net> wrote:
>>
>>>I did not know about CS2 having to call home to
>>>maintain activation. What a crazy concept!
>>>I was considering an upgrade to CS2. But not anymore!
>>>It seems like that would be illegal. In effect, they would deny me the
>>>use of a product that I purchased from them, even though I would be
>>>using it in a normal fashion.
>>>Are they trying to tell me I must connect my Photo Editor to the
>>>internet? No Way Jose'. Adios Adobe CS2!
>>
>> I'm with you here. I upgrade every other version and since I'm currently
>> using 7.0 so I was planning on buying CS2 in the near future, but this
>> is alarming. I'm going to have to see if I can come up with a cracked
>> copy. Don't get me wrong, I'm not going to steal this software. If I can
>> get a cracked version that doesn't require this online activation (and
>> it works) I'll happily pay Adobe for a new copy just to be legal.
>
>I did this with my video editing software "vegas video 4". I bought a legal
>copy AFTER a found a crack that worked so I wouldn't be dependant on the
>software supplier to use this product.

I hope I'm not alone in finding irony in a software manufacturer that
forces be to get a crack before purchasing a legitimate copy of their
product...

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