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Stuart Clark
Stuart Clark
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Master Collection CS3 on Windows 8

Jun 21, 2012 4:29 AM

Tags: #cs3 #premiere #windows #8

Hey everyone,

 

I was just wondering if anyone has tried installing Master Collection CS3 on Windows 8 to see if it works or not? I know there will be no official support, just wondering what experiences people have had? The applications I'm most interested in are Photoshop and Premiere. Thanks in advance!

 

Stu.

2605 Views   6 Replies   Latest reply: Stuart Clark, Aug 30, 2012 7:27 AM
 
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  • Bob Levine
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    1. Bob Levine,
    Jun 21, 2012 5:49 AM   in reply to Stuart Clark
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    All I can tell you is that CS6 installed and is functional on the Release Preview. CS3 will be a crapshoot I’m afraid.

     

     

     

    Why not try it yourself and let us know your experience with it.

     

     

     

    Bob

     
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    2. bchaudha,
    Jun 21, 2012 10:09 AM   in reply to Stuart Clark
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    I agree to Bob, let us know too the experience of CS 3. I can assure the CS 6 is working like a charm and has too many new option to make you work standout. bchaudha@abobe.com

     
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    3. Stuart Clark,
    Jun 22, 2012 5:12 AM   in reply to bchaudha
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    Thanks guys! I'm not going to try it yet - halfway through a project so now wouldn't be such a smart time for me to try experimenting - not sure when the release candidate expires but I'd like to test this before it does, so I know whether to buy Windows 8 as soon as it's available for pre-order.

     
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    4. Stuart Clark,
    Jul 1, 2012 5:45 AM   in reply to Bob Levine
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    Hi again!

     

    Well, despite saying I wasn't going to try it yet, I ended up partitioning my drive and installing Windows 8, and then CS3.

     

    Initially Windows 8 was pretty stable and the CS3 discs (collection, acrobat 9 upgrade, onlocation) all installed with no problems. However shortly after the whole OS has turned very flaky and keeps freezing so at this moment I don't think my test is all that conclusive - I don't believe the flakiness is down to the Adobe software however something is certainly causing issues.

     

    When it came to removing the software, the Acrobat 9 uninstaller work, OnLocation didn't (neither will it open) and the other programs had problems deactivating, detailers here: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1031179

     

    Stu.

     
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  • Stuart Clark
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    5. Stuart Clark,
    Aug 30, 2012 7:26 AM   in reply to Stuart Clark
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    Just a quick update as I've not really had the time to play with this, however I deleted the Preview and instaled the Windows 8 Enterprise versions which is available as a demo from Microsoft.

     

    • The Master Collection CS3 installed correctly
    • I've not tested all the programs, only Premiere
    • This failed to import .mov files encoded as H.264 when run normally
    • In compatability mode and running as administrator, the imports worked
    • However I tried opening an old project file, which just hung.

     

    More info when I get time to play around with it some more :-)

     
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    6. Stuart Clark,
    Aug 30, 2012 7:27 AM   in reply to Stuart Clark
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    I'm trying to avoid duplicate threads, so just to let you know I've opened a new discussion for the import problems in Premiere CS3:

    http://forums.adobe.com/message/4647707

     
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