I have the same type of problem.  Trying to download the trila of CS6 Production Premium so I can then enter my serial number and it freezes when it tries to extract.  It says error "invalid checksum" I cant delete the download and even after uninstalling and reinstalling download assistant it doesnt work

I have the same issue and wasted about 10gb of bandwidth. Definetely nothing to do with access, Adobe Download Assistant is just a very badly written product. At one point the ADA appended its download to an already downloaded installation but not from where it failed last, nope from scratch making the file 8gb and obviously corrupt.

KaCe don't bother with the download assistant it is just too buggy.

Just use this link and download the trials directly http://prodesigntools.com/adobe-cs6-direct-download-links.html

i also got the error 101 with extracting the installer. i got an i7 64bit windows 7 and i got 1 terrabyte free space so i tried to extract it on desktop , my documents , other hard drive and nothing worked for me always same error

Just to give an update, downloading by the manual file method worked, although Google Chrome named File 2 "ProductionPremium_CS6_LS7.txt" instead of .7z. I had to muck with Windows settings to get it to show me the file suffixes and then when I manually changed it from .txt to .7z it installed fine.

My recommendation still stands that you should make Adobe Download Assistant ensure it has all of the permissions it needs to do its entire job before it downloads the large files and then fails into a mode where no matter what you click you can't get it to properly install.

Another issue I had that I want to mention is that after installation, Premiere did not properly display or work with my Canon 5D mk II video clips. It would import the files, but you could not play or scrub them.. the preview windows were just blank. However, when I did a manual software update, it updated Premier and a few other things to the current 6.01 versions and then I was able to work with my video as expected. So I recommend that everyone update to the latest version after the initial installation.

Hi Everyone,

     I am having the same trouble, and have downloaded the software multiple times both manually and using the downloader, with two different browswers, (IE and FF) and am running Win 7 Pro.  Can't extract the files on either this or another system.  Been on the phone with a nice rep for 2:18 minutes and am on hold right now.  We've made a new user account, re-downloaded the software, deleted the files, done everything except let him remote log in, which I am loathe to do.  Anyone out there hope you see this and can help I need this software to work.  Produciton premium suite student teacher edition.

Hi Jeff,

I thought that too but I have no troubles with any other files, I have Adobe CS5.5 Design suite no trobles, many games with huge files and no troubles.  We've used two different computers both Win 7 one 32 bit one 64 downloaded several times, used the download assistant got the same error.

Nope I am at home, my network has no trobles firewalls have been diabled antivirus disabled, really have tried justa bout everything.  Still on hold for a senior tech, it's midnight there though so it might be a while.

I find it interesting that we still haven't gotten a meaningful answer to a very simple question. I'm on a mac, and have tried to download and install the Adobe CS6 Design package, but it continues to download and then after a while automatically starts to verify the disk when I get the "invalid checksum' error message. From the beginning I have tried to download it to the desktop of my computer, so it's not the problem that I save it in the 'wrong' folder. But instead of telling us that we install it on a possibly 'wrong' folder, the only response so far, we still wait to hear what a 'right' folder would be. So please tell us. I have dl it a few times now, wasting bandwidth, and time, and not getting anywhere. This is one of the least professional things I've ever seen with Adobe. Just tell us where you want us to save it, and if it then works, fine. But it still seems that your installer software is flawed to an embarrassing degree.

Thanks.

I just encountered this same error. It has wasted 6 hours and 6GB of my download quota. After everything has been downloaded, the error pops up under the progress bar and nothing can be done. Clicking the Reset product download button produces a popup asking if I want to continue the download, but clicking yes doesn't do anything.

I'm going to re-download everything again with the direct links. Can I suggest giving us the option, directly on the trial page, to download direct or use the download manager? The Adobe Download Assistant obviously wasn't tested enough before it was deployed.

Not an answer, but the same question and a terrible experience with technical support.

I am running a Win 7 64-bit machine with 16GB ram and twin terrabyte drives (OS and programs on one, data on the other). I'm downloading CS6 Design Standard.

After downloading and installing the Download Assistant, I download the files. After 2-3 hours, it gets to 100% and gives the 101 error upon extracting. I've tried extracting it to both drives (never the applications or program folders) - both of which have more than 700GB available and no permissions issues. I have MS Security Essentials disabled. I have tried twice to delete everything, then used Revo to uninstall the Download Assistant, rebooted, and reinstalled. Every single time, I get the same issue. I started a direct download, but it was looking like it would take twelve hours to download, so I decided to call Tech Support.

After spending a total of almost an hour on hold to get Technical Support, and about 20 minutes talking with Technical Support, the guy told me he had never heard of the problem persisting to that degree. He then advised me to disable all startup programs and services (except MS), reboot in safe mode. I thought he was just trying to troubleshoot some issue, but then he says he wants me to download the file that way. The guy got all ratty when I said I can't have my main computer running in safe mode with all the services disabled during business hours. Upon trying to get my computer back to normal, it uninstalled a bunch of drivers, and I had to go back to a restore point. Not your problem, but what a pain in the bum.

I'm now trying it on my laptop (W7 64-bit 8GB ram) with minimal stuff running and Security Essentials disabled, but I'm not hopeful.

At this point, I have burned through half of my monthly bandwidth in two days downloading and re-downloading the same package. I don't go through that much most months! This has been an incredible disappointing, frustrating experience.

Has anyone yet figured out what is causing this issue on computers that don't have space or permission problems? Is spending half a day doing a direct download the only workaround?

i also have a big problem with error 101... it took many hours to download and in the last minute it pops up in the download assistent and says error 101 check for available disk space and try downloading it again i dont know what file i originaly downloaded it too but i would like to start working on it as soon as possible how can i get more disk space. where is that? i dont understand any of what it is sayin

Very well.  This is waaaaaay too complicated and the entire process is a fail, even if we do eventually get to download the trial.  What is Adobe thinking?  We should not be expected to concern ourselves with checksums and such.  Serve your customers, Adobe.

Update: 

I removed and reinstalled the downloader, and made sure I made a new folder for the download.  This did work.  So thanks to Vikrant.  However, I was already signed into my Adobe ID...and the installer told me to sign in again, which I did, and was then told my login info was wrong!  So, I had to create a new ID.

I sympathize with the people at Adobe who are having to deal with unhappy customers....or in this case, unhappy potential customers.  But something is clearly amiss in this process.  It should not be this difficult!