Bob Levine,
Why don't you tell the poor guy about the solution discovered by Linda Margaret Ritz on March 12, 2009 (comment #13).
I had this same problem with Adobe CS2 on Vista (as many others did), tried Linda's recommendation and--Voila!--was able to install, activate and actually USE Photoshop, InDesign, Bridge and Version Que (?). I was not, however, able to install Illustrator. Discs 1 and 2 installed with no problem, but when the install wizard asks for Disc#3 (on which Illustrator resides), the DVD drive opens and spits out Disc #3 as soon as I click "OK."
I tried copying the files from Disc #3 on to my hard drive and double-clicking the setup icon. The install wizard starts up and everything moves along o.k. but when I enter the serial number, I get the "wrong serial number" message (it is correct and is the same number that I used to install Photoshop and Indesign). There is no place on Disc #3 where you can change to path to C:\Progra~2\Adobe (Linda's solution).
Before I am chastized for not upgrading, let me say that I have Adobe CS3, Adobe CS4 for the Mac (and will soon purchase CS5) at my home. Currently, I am staying at a vacation residence where there is only a Windows pc and a copy of CS2 for Windows. I'm not about to buy an upgrade for Windows when I'm only using that platform for two or three weeks out of the year.
This computer is only a year old; there is a ton of space (500 g) and mobs of memory (6g)--that is not the problem.
Can you assist me with installing Illustrator?
