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Apr 18, 2008 11:39 AM

I have just installed Adobe Photoshop CS2 on my Windows Vista Home Laptop.

When I try to run it, I get a message in a window titled "Adobe Activation" saying: "You are not allowed to continue because your account does not have the proper privileges. Please log in using an account with administrator privileges and try again."

I am logged in as an administrator and have installed all my applications using the same login. Though the version I have installed is not yet registered, I am unable to even get to the registation screen as once you click OK on the dialogue, Adobe Photoshop closes.

Could you please advise how I can get round this without opening up any security loop holes?

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Bob Levine,

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Apr 18, 2008 2:07 PM

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> Windows Vista Home Laptop.

If it's Home basic, you'll need to upgrade to Home Premium.

Bob

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(Ajay_Dhunna),

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Apr 18, 2008 2:13 PM

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Thanks for your reponse Bob. I am using Windows Vista Home Premium.

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Bob Levine,

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Apr 18, 2008 2:23 PM

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Turn off UAC and try again. If that doesn't work try creating a new user
account and use that.

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(Ajay_Dhunna),

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Apr 18, 2008 2:35 PM

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Bob. Turning off UAC would open me to many security threats. So this would probably not be a suitable solution.

Creating another account would not be practical as all my other applications run under my current account.

Ajay

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Bob Levine,

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Apr 18, 2008 2:40 PM

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UAC is an intrusive PITA that I turned off and left off. If you really
feel it needs to be on, then turn it off to activate and then turn it
back on.

If that doesn't work, then you really need to try creating a new account.

Bob

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(Ajay_Dhunna),

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Apr 18, 2008 3:08 PM

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Though this seems to work I'm not convinced turning off UAC is the best solution. But thanks for your help in this anyway Bob as at least it will get me going for now.

ps. For those who want to know how to turn UAC off, please refer to

http://www.askjaganything.com/ans.asp?i=2116&q=How_do_I_disable_UAC_(U ser_Account_Control)_in_Windows_Vista?

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John T Smith,

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Apr 21, 2008 8:43 AM

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>installed Adobe Photoshop CS2 on my Windows Vista

I thought Vista support was added with version CS3?

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(Charlie_Choc),

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Apr 21, 2008 9:03 AM

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You should be able to just right click on the CS2 icon and choose 'run as
administrator' the first time to activate it and then run normally after that. I
ran CS2 on Vista for a while and that's what I did, leaving UAC on IIRC.
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Charlie...
http://www.chocphoto.com

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Bart Cross,

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Apr 21, 2008 10:14 AM

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I run CS2 with Vista 64bit without any problems. UAC isn't worth the hassle.

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John Joslin,

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Apr 21, 2008 11:27 AM

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How do you stop it nagging you when it's turned off?

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(Charlie_Choc),

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Apr 21, 2008 11:29 AM

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UAC goes mostly unnoticed unless you are constantly installing software or
modifying your registry.
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http://www.chocphoto.com

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Bob Levine,

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Apr 21, 2008 12:18 PM

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It goes even more unnoticed with it turned off. :)

Bob

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Bart Cross,

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Apr 21, 2008 12:24 PM

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JJ: Uhhhhhhh wat? By the way, how's your Vista experience turning out?

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(Charlie_Choc),

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Apr 21, 2008 12:33 PM

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I run my Linux box as root, but that doesn't mean I'd recommend it for everyone.
;-) I had UAC off for a while but finally turned it back on because I found the
warning that UAC was off more annoying than the infrequent pop ups. :)
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Charlie...
http://www.chocphoto.com

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(Derrick_Moore),

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Apr 21, 2008 12:33 PM

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I believe it was in the Security Center, something about how Alerts are
handled.
BTW, I'll be joining you boys in the Vista64 8GB RAM crowd when my parts
arrive this week. Woohooo!

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John Joslin,

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Apr 21, 2008 1:19 PM

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> By the way, how's your Vista experience turning out?

So far I like it. It took a couple of days to get used to the Explorer interface and customise it. The search function is pretty impressive too! Time has been short since it arrived because I was away for a few days. I haven't done any serious work on it yet because the Eizo monitor hasn't been moved across from the old one. I want to do a few comparative tests too.

(BTW, I found how you turn off that red shield in the notification area.)

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Bart Cross,

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Apr 22, 2008 12:25 PM

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Charlie: You can turn off the warnings, in the Security Center, click the 'Change the way Security Center alerts me' and select the third option.

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