this is how mine is currently working. Same thing works with CS3. It is funny how much these idiots get paid to make these dumb activators, and we block them with WINDOWS. Wonderful.

Cheers to the hosts file. Windows itself is to blame for allowing such a method of exploit. We merely flipped the switch to the machine.

LMAO @ how they blocked the adobe servers, sometimes it takes simple to create genius!

we just got lucky, dont celebrate it yet

That's innovative...

Nice! 5 thumbs up for them

Thank you... that was helpful

Can ne1 tell me where can i get this from???

man ive been looking for this

Very smart! I love it! Adobe could easily solve issues like this just by lowering their prices so that individual users could actually afford to buy their products! If it cost $500 to purchase the Design Premium Suite, instead of $1700, or $99-199 to upgrade instead of $599-799 then people wouldn't need to try to get around the system. Thanks your help from this cash challenged user!

can someone help me with a step by step on how this works...

the instructions that came with the "package" just don't add up ...

help me to understand this process?....

I'm running OS X 10.4.11

THANK YOU in advance

I can't seem to get this to work correctly - what am I doing wrong?

how to block the windows vista host? it seems its not working? please help. i want to know and learn.

Hi,

I looling a crack key and key generator for Adobe CS4 suite.... Could anyone tell where I can download the crack key

i've tried everything but the 'block' technique doesn't work on my vista machine . . . hosts file doesn't need to 'block' as expected, not does adding it to firewall.

Any ideas what else to do on vista machines?

Topnotch, valuable posts here. I'm wondering if there are any valid, working keygens for Photoshop Elements 7, Acrobat Pro Extended, Audition 3 and Captivate 3?

- Go to C:/Windows/System32/drivers/etc.
There Should be a File named: 'Hosts'
Double Click and open it with Notepad.
There Should be something like this at the bottom:

127.0.0.1 localhost
::1 localhost

Make sure that it looks like this:

-- REMOVED --

- Now click File> Save
- Close Notepad
-Enter the Serial
-- ILLEGAL SERIAL NUMBER REMOVED --
This should fix your problem.

Cheers!
Can you provide the same step-by-step for a novice Mac user? Thanks for your assistance!

I've tried this but when ever i try to save it, it says the path isn't found

GUYS, A FEW DAYS AFTER I APPLIED THE HOST THINGY
I CAN'T OPEN ALL ADOBE APPS
THE FIRST WINDOW APPEARS WHEN I ATTEMPT TO OPEN ONE OF ADOBE APPS IS:

LICENSE EXPIRE
licensing for this product has expired

anybody knows how to fix this?

I installed cs4 on multiple machines at different dates. Now I am getting calls, that they have all expired. I put the date back and it seems to work again. But, I am thinking there is a Jan 20th bomb on all this. I was running little snitch and blocked the etc/hosts files too. Anyone want to look into this?

just paniced because i think the same happened to me, rolled back the clock, its all working now... what the heck....

If you get "License Expired" message while starting one of previously cured CS4 Products, just replace amtlib.dll once more (with the cured one) in that product folder and don't forget to add appropriate servers in your "hosts" file. Any questions - Google Knows.

P.S. Some web packages, like TopServer or StpServer may discard your changes in the hosts file, while adding or deleting virtual hosts. Make sure to restore those changes befor starting Adobe

same for me. edited hosts file, set date back, opened photoshop, deactivated, opened again and entered new serial,
set date back to today, still working

Delete cache.db in:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe PCD\cache

to be able enter new serial.

After that add adresses in hosts file, enter serial from @whattodo and everything is OK.

Tnx guys.

I have heard on the grape-vine, that the host file does successfully work at stopping it calling home to activate, but that CS4 has a timer built in, so that if it hasnt called home successfully before a certain time, it will stop anyway.
Has anyone else heard of this?

Thanks for the date reset trip! Saved a little project I was working on...

anyone know the mac equivalent of
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe PCD\cache
I have cleared out all preferences of adobe but it's still on the out.

Just use "run as date" to set the date prior licence expire

but hows the "run as date" done?

MacOS equivalent:
Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe PCD/cache

anyone has a new crack or command line in the hosts file to keep the current date ?

as i know, "run as date" is just for windows, does anyone know equivalent for MAC OS?

you can use this fix, it's work for all cs4 products (photoshop, illustrator, flash, dreamweaver...)
just overwrite the amtlib.dll by this one (make a backup before if you want, like amtlib_0.dll)

http://rapidshare.com/files/186509949/red_pill.rar
or
http://www.megaupload.com/fr/?d=2QEU5XKN

I made this changes:

edited hosts file, set date back, opened photoshop, deactivated, opened again and entered new serial,set date back to today.

Still shows expired :(

used the .dll in red_pill.rar mentioned above and replaced all the other similar dll:s and it worked like a charm again.

is there get any thing such as the red_pill.rar for mac?

Thanks for the dll fix.

Seems to work fine in all CS4 Programs apart from Photoshop (64bit)

It worked thanks :)

This serial should work with all -

I got it from a keygen, only tested it with illu so far but that seems to be working.

Hope that helps and thanks to all the others who helped!

OK, found the 64bit fix for Photoshp CS4 64bit

above file also includes the 32bit amtlib.dll as well as the 64bit

I've tried to replace the dll in my mac and doesn't worked...

Thanks a lot :)

i just change the date for the moment, it's work

anyone for a method for mac ?

any dll to fix acrobat 9 pro within the Master collection cs4?

FOR MAC USERS

there is one way.. it's completely reinstall adobe cs4

use Deinstall app from the Utilites folder
clean all com.adobe.*.plist files from /Library/Preferences
clean all adobe preferences from /~Library/Preferences/
kill /Lilrary/Application Support/Adobe folder
kill ~/Lilrary/Application Support/Adobe folder

There is no need for completly install CS4

This worked for me:
edited hosts file, set date back, opened photoshop, deactivated, opened again and entered new serial, set date back to today.

1 - delete:
library/Application support/adobe/adobe PCD/ cache/ cache.db

2 - Open Terminal (found in Applications/Utilities/). In the terminal window, paste in:

sudo /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit /etc/hosts

3 - Hit return and type in your admin password.

4 - A file will automatically open in TextEdit. In TextEdit, at the bottom of the document, hit return and paste in the following:

-- REMOVED --

5 - Save the file. Do NOT do a "Save As". Close the file.

6 - If you're on OS X 10.4, reboot. If you're on OS X 10.5, in a new terminal window, paste in:

sudo dscacheutil -flushcache

Hit return and exit out of Terminal.

You guys are the very bests, (SOLUTION FOR: licensing product has expired) you the man. Thank YOU and keep up the good work!

Yezzzaaaaa, you all rocksss, thx all...Saved me from killing myself as an early adopter...

after you use that sn, acobat 9 pro need another new sn

It worked.. Great.. Thx all..
saved me from my work..

Please guys let me know if you found a solution for Acrobat Pro 9 requesting a serial number :(

No serial number can be posted in comments.

i too cannot get acrobat running...
serial from keygen doesnt work...
everything else is good though...

just a stupid question how long will this new keygen last? (since the last one work until 20Jan2009)

Your serial worked great, thank u boss!

I just installed the cs4 cretive master suite for mac. Can anyone baby step me through how to get around the key problem? I tried using the firewall, but it hasnt worked and I dont speak enough computer to know my way around the terminal. PLEASE HELP!

One of the things that I found myself getting into the habit of doing is opening Acrobat, going to the Help file and clicking the "Check for Updates" link. After it searches, I delete anything that shows up then click the Preferences button and remove the Automatically Check for Updates feature. I also remove all the check marks in the box below, just because I'm paranoid... :) I'm posting this from memory but it should make sense once you look at it.

PEOPLE JUST FOLLOW THESE SIMPLY STEPS:
--------------------------------------------
1) Get this cracked .dll file from here: -- REMOVED --

2) Search in your Adobe folder the file: "dll"

3) Replace every amtlib.dll with the cracked dll you just downloaded

4) Go to \Windows\System32\drivers\etc, open the "hosts" file there with the editor

5) Add these Lines:
-- REMOVED --

Greets

Problems with licence activation...
patch some dll, here is the crack:
FOR WINDOWS 32 AND 64 BITS!!!

-- REMOVED--

Anybody found a similar, relatively easy, method? :)

for the guy that posted SOLUTION FOR: licensing product has expired

YOU ARE THE MAN!!!

I can not seem to get it to work on the Mac
It is clearly dependent on the date
as I can easily set back the date on my computer and it will open
but is there a long term fix (I have already re installed and deleted the db cache ect...)
any help would be greatly appreciated.

go here:

look for post 108. serial in post 107.

Good Luck

Yes, it works! i'm on a mac os 10.5 PPC

- set the clock back,
- plug in the blocked IP addresses into terminal
- clear the cache
- deactivate in the program itself
- re-start the program
- plug in your serial
- set-back the time to normal
- whola! FIXED.

worked for Adobe Acrobat Pro... GREAT ALL.. thx

thanks this worked for me:

go here:
http://www.mininova.org/com/2007800

look for post 108. serial in post 107.

Much to my annoyance

but anyways

Deleted the cache.db, reset the clock

done

1) Perform a search in ADOBE using the PROGRAM files for: "dll"

2) Replace that file with the one in the FIX folder

3) Go to \Windows\System32\drivers\etc, open the "hosts" file there with the Notepad editor

4) Add these Lines:

-- REMOVED --

5) In addition, go to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe PCD\cache

and delete the file "cache.DB"

PLEASE NOTE: Steps 4 and 5 may not be necessary as it may messed up your filters and plugins. So, use steps 1 and 2, then use your firewall to block access to the adobe activation sites.

If these dont work, set your computer date to January 19th, 2009 or earlier.

IF NEEDED
---------
ADOBE CS4 SERIALS:
-- REMOVED--

ACROBAT 9 (If it is giving problems):
-- REMOVED--

Try this tool, might work fine.
I have set all my programmes short-cuts to work to the 19th jan 2009 using Run as Date, placed all short-cut items onto the desktop and quick launch.

I am back to how it was three days ago.

OS 10.5 Intel

- set the clock back,
- plug in the blocked IP addresses into terminal
- clear the cache
- deactivate in the program itself
- re-start the program
- plug in your serial
- set-back the time to normal
- THANKS!!! :-)

putting dates back only works. However, if i do this, MSN messenger wont work. :( Any help for windows users?

Problems with licence activation...
patch some dll, here is the crack:
FOR WINDOWS 32 AND 64 BITS!!!

-- REMOVED--

Can anyone please post the whole text edit that pops up, i accidently erased the whole text and maybe that is my issue?

anyone have a serial for master collection for Mac?

Can anyone give me steps as to how you deactivate it in the program itself?

like where i find the option

got all of my adobe master collection programs for MAC working. This thread is awesome!

On Mac, has anyone allowed adobe updater to install updates to CS4 when running with a modified hosts file? Is it safe to do so, or will this cause the software to get disabled?

Basically, if I want to update to the latest software patches/updates/etc., what are the risks?

If anyone has tried it and it does shutout the software, does deactivating and reactivating restore operation?

Or should I just completely disable updater and stick with the vanilla version?

hi all every time i open photoshop cs4 i get the license agreement open up anyway around this thanks

I have deleted the cache file and added all the lines in the "host file"
But now i'm running into a problem.

*
6 - If you're on OS X 10.4, reboot. If you're on OS X 10.5, in a new terminal window, paste in:

sudo dscacheutil -flushcache
*

When i type "sudo dscacheutil - flushcache" it says "sudo: dscacheutil: command not found"
I'm using OS X 10.4.11

To prior poster -- reboot (you are on 10.4 which means all versions starting with 10.4). For everyone, here is how this fix works:

The lines like this one: "127.0.0.1 activate.adobe.com" are instructions to your computer to tell it that the server at activate.adobe.com is now located at internet location 127.0.0.1. The long list represents all the activation servers and this list points them all to this special address.

What's special about 127.0.0.1? It is called the "loopback" address and means "my own machine": using this address basically tricks the software into trying to activate the applications by communicating with your own computer instead of the proper location of the adobe activation servers. Since your own computer won't respond to this request (it's not an activation server), the software assumes that the activation server is temporarily offline so it allows you to use the software in the meanwhile (since it can't just lock you out when you have a valid serial just because the adobe server might be offline).

Now, the sudo line to -flushcache tells OS X 10.5 and higher to flush out any cached knowledge it has of the adobe server addresses, since entries in the cache could be used before the new 127.0.0.1 entries. By clearing the cache, you 'force' the Mac to use the new address. However OS X 10.4.x and lower do not have a quick command to clear the dns cache, but rebooting does the trick as well.

Finally, the CS4 software does require that the activation server EVENTUALLY be reachable after a certain amount of time. This is why you eventually expire. So, at this point, you need to deactivate. This is easy: roll back the time so that the application does start, choose deactivate (and choose the option to remove the serial number completely from the computer). Now you are back to a fresh install. Move the time forward to current time, restart the software, and re-enter the key. Now the process starts all over again.

Hope this helps you all to understand the process.

ive been trying for the pat 2days! tried literally everything.
thanx a million! and thanx to little snitch for keeping those nosey parkers away :)
x

ALL OF YOU ARE AWESOME.

saved me a serious headache

Everybody who's tried the following fix:

- set the clock back,
- plug in the blocked IP addresses into terminal
- clear the cache
- deactivate in the program itself
- re-start the program
- plug in your serial
- set-back the time to normal

Of course the application is still running, BUT once you close it and try and open it again it says license expired still... well at least it does for me anyway.

I have tried this fix, ive edited the host files and reentered serial numbers but no luck.

One thing i cant do is delete my cache because i havent got an ADOBE PCD folder.

Can someone please tell me how to find and delete the cache folder if i havent got a PCD folder, i'm on Mac 10.5.

Or can someone aknowledge that the above fix does work for them when they quit and re-open because it isnt for me.

Cheers

So far the only sure-fire method I've found is RunAsDate...it's freeware! Check it out!

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/run_as_date.html

Apparently the old serial has a trigger to stop the CS4 work starting the day jan/20/2009, that's why if you set the system date back to 19/jan/2009 the applications work. But to get CS4 back to work normally is not necessary to back the system date, everything that needs to be done is:

1. delete the file cache.db (mac - Library / Application Support / Adobe / Adobe PCD / cache and windows - C: \ Program Files \ Common Files \ Adobe \ Adobe PCD \ cache). This will eliminate the serial already used by CS4
2. empty the trash (just in case)
3. open one of the applications (eg photoshop)
4. install a serial later when the application ask
5. you are ready to go (at least until the date of the trigger of this new serial)

found a serial that seems to work (works for me) but unfortunately it is for mac, but there are some in the posts 110 (mac) and 116 (windows) of the following Address:

http://www.mininova.org/com/2007800

I'm sorry but English is not my native language. in step 4 when I say "install a serial later when the application ask" it means:

4. install a newer serial when the application ask

I uninstalled cs4 master collection after I received the error "licence expired"; Now Im having a problem reinstalling software back on windows Vista system. Do you have any suggestions for reinstallation; what are the dependency CS4 files that I need to remove to do a fresh install?

It really is that easy. (Look at post above - THE SERIAL HAS A TRIGGER) Tried a few others and they didn't work. But deleting the file cache.db and then entering a new serial number does the trick.

Also, I do advise blocking the adobe servers, however you can also use Little Snitch if you are on a mac. http://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html (I'm sure there must be something similar for windows. It will tell you when a program is trying to connect to anything. Then you have the choice to let it proceed or not.

ive just reset my time for the time being.. but i do not have an adobe pcd folder or a cache.db anywhere to found. ive searched my mac..

any help?

Funny how the first poster seems to be insecure about being a windows user, claiming that the workaround was somehow exclusive to WINDOWS users. Mac uses a HOSTS file too and it's exactly the same workaround. In fact OSX has a full Unix core, which is arguably more solid than any "BSOD" operating system. Nice try though...

Funny how the first poster seems to be insecure about being a windows user, claiming that the workaround was somehow exclusive to WINDOWS users. Mac uses a HOSTS file too and it's exactly the same workaround.

OK so I panicked and kind of needed a fresh system anyway, so I figured I'd wiped my hard drive, installed a fresh system (MBP Mac OS 10.5) and tried installing the programs 1st thing, before I had even connected to the internet for the 1st time. Totally disconnected. Airport off, no ethernet. That should do it, right? Nope. Still got the "license expired" message. I was truly baffled then...what kind of evil trickery could be going on?? But now the date bomb on the serials makes sense.

I went ahead and rolled back to CS3, because I had to have the programs one way or another.

Now my question is: on a fresh system, what would be the proper course of action? Like this?:
Install as normal, then go through the steps:
- set the clock back,
- plug in the blocked IP addresses into terminal
- clear the cache
- deactivate in the program itself
- re-start the program
- plug in your serial
- set-back the time to normal
?
Would this need to be done for each program?

Would this just create another date bomb? I guess if it did I know the process for getting around it. Thank all that is good and holy I found this thread? I thought I was done for.

doh!

I run Vista and after making entries to the Hosts file the host file changes back in a few days, or maybe after a update how can I prevent this from happening?

Rather than reverting all the way back to CS3, the quick fix is to simply roll back the date, launch CS4, then reset the date to current. I've been struggling trying to find a fix for CS4 which I rely on every day. The date fix takes 10 seconds, and works every time. So until I find a new Serial that has a new expiration date (or no date at all) I'll stick to this method... it seems the only sure fire way to go.

When i close down the program, i have to reset the time to open it.
Is this going to be standard to run this program with this work around?

Why would the keygen be sucessfull for me with Photoshop CS4 and not Illustrator? I used the keygen for illustrator on another PC and it was sweet. Any ideas?

If I block access to Adobe activation servers can I still get updates? I've only found a crack for PS CS4, but I can't find anything for After Effects besides the X-FORCE keygen that requires the "host" block.

Ive used the host crack for windows and all the adobe aoftware works fine, but at the same time my internet isn't workin like it used to. Certain websites won't work for me and i can't get online on other networks that i use outside of home. Has anyone else had this problem? Is there a solution? How do i delete the hosts crack file? I've tried to delete it already but it says
'cannot create the C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts file'
Make sure that the path and filename are correct.
Im using Vista, can anyone help?

Look at this Video. Don't know if it works. It was just up loaded.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTx9wW4DUmw

On a MAC, i was still running into the same problem many others here were/are. After deactivating and entering the serial, it was still giving me "Expired" when i set the clock forward. It turns out it was TRULY my serial. I was entering a temp serial. I searched and downloaded a perm serial (after making sure my hosts are edited). This perm serial works perfectly. Now i don't have to reset the clock every time i use the apps.

So... to answer the question "Would this just create another date bomb?". The answer is YES... if you use a temp serial - not a perm serial.

I tried entering a key, but now if I try to open a program it says 'Licensing for this product has expired'. The only way I know how to deactivate a product is by opening the product and going through the help tab, but I can't get the program open to do that. Any suggestions on how to deactivate the product so I can try a different key??? Thanks

I have the CS4 master collection, and I've ran into all the similiar problems as mentioned. Here's what I did to fix it. On my laptop there is a switch, it turns off the outside world (wireless switch) and turns on the creative side while having adobe open, when it's time to restablish connection to the herd, Adobe gets closed and the switch, (wireless) gets turned back on.

Is there a workaround for cs4 web premium?

Hi I am having the license expired problem with CS4 and I am afraid I don't understand this editing the host file and setting date back to reactivate it. I would soo appreciate it if someone could explain this to me super simply so I can use it again. Many thanks!!!!

Sorry. I am on a Mac. Thanks!

Can anyone please(i beg you) get me a Adobe Illustrator CS4 CD-Key. Oh god im craving 4 it man!!

Hey guys, when turning time back to 2009, all Adobe apps seize working.
If I wanna use, I always have to turn back to 2006...

Whassup???

How many times does the answer have to be given! Use a perm serial... not one of the temp serials.

Did all those things and everything is working again exept flash does not like to load any more. Does anyone know what the problem can be?

People Rock and Roll. Thanks

This page is better that all blogs I visit in all my life.

Thanks.

I've having my "Host" file changed twice after a week. I don't understand what is happening but it's deleting the "127.0.0.1 activate.xxxxx.com" line. Does someone has a solution?

Hi, I cant get acrbat pro to work, it keeps asking for a serial number. The key gen that i used to install cs4 wont generate a proper number. All my other cs4 programs work though :(

I had earlier activated adobe by editing the host file. But now after a month it said that the license key used was invalid and asked me to obtain a new one by connecting to the internet.

Has anyone else faced this problem?

well i got it going on my laptop but its to slow so im using my dads computer witch is 10times faster then mine... well first i want thank who ever found out this problem..

now i installed the master colletion adobe.. and everything works but i get the lisnece expired for photoshop only. pro works fine but i cant get the shop to work anyone know.. im running vista 64x

sorry, this does not work on vista.

I had the trial version installed. After the trial version had expired, I tried to install an Illustrator with a crack. But I can't install the program because no matter what serial number i introduce, it displays that the number is not valid and the process can no longer continue. What should i do?

I just spent an hour reading this forum and there are only two answers to any of the questions. both slightly technical for people who don't know there way around there computer. so hear is this for total begginers. Search google for "iserial". This is a program that will help you get all the serials for all the programs you need.
Now that you have Iserial you will also need a progam called "littlesnitch" . Now go to adobe.com and download the master suites trial. If you don't want to pay anything use a bit torrent site such as "mininova" to download the trial. I repeat the trial.
1. Now turn on littlesnitch,
2. intsall the trial as a trial
3. when installation is complete open any cs4 program and when prompted to either insert a key or continue as trial. Insert one of your keys.
4. evrything will work fine. in iserial you need to look under the creative suites to find what you need. Okay? okay.
5. Now all programs work fine except (in my case dreamweaver)
I get a message that says product has expired.
6. dial the date back refers to your actual computers date. change in system settings or in preferences.
7. follow instructions listed again and again in previous posts.

SET YOU DATE AS FAR BACK AS 2006 IF YOU WANT THE DATE ROLE BACK TO WORK!!!!!

Thanks for the dll fix!! I tried all the other methods with no good result. But the red_pill did the trick for me!!

Having done the delete cache,clock rewind,new serial no.,deactivate, etc., i thought that i could accept doing this every 30 days for a fresh trial install but, the license expiry notice did become a pain.

Yesterday i tracked down the dll crack and used it to overwrite the original and BINGO! a full install. Happy bunnie am i.

Many thanks to all you guys for taking the time and trouble to post a geat workaround to the Adobe 20th january time bomb.

Hope your all around when CS 5 comes out. :-}}}

When i downloaded the adobe photoshop and flash cs4 from adobe.com, i clicked on the .exe file and it starts to extract. After that they pop up something that say,
"A problem occurred while extracting some files. Check available space on your computer and the write privileges on the destinatation folder."
my disk space has a free 20GB and i don see the problem here.. i off all firewalls and i changed my virus protection on ADBEPHSPCS4_LS1.exe to be allowed.

Can you please help me?

thenk you

it worked great for me once i edited the HOSTS file (see above)

need adobe captivate 3 serial...

asap...

thanks...

So I followed the instructions above for editing the file on a mac and inserting the IP addresses and almost all of the suite of software works great. But I keep getting a serial nag screen for adobe acrobat pro 9. I see there's lots of stuff removed on this site with regards to it. Does anyone have a working solution (with instructions?). *fingers crossed*

hi how u doing?

ok... I've got a doubt. see, I'd like to get these adobe cs4 products:

-premier
-illustrator
-flash
-photoshop
-after effects

as u can see, I don need the entire suite. so what do u recamend me to do? I mean, do I use a keygen in every single cs4 product?
and if it like this, how do I do the host thing?

and also, what about this .dll archive that people mention in other web pages?

pls. if u have time and want to do some charity :D
I'd be really grateful if u helped me with this ,u know... the best way to get these programs and have them working perfectly!

thanks and bye

--- I have windows vista by the way---

i'm not sure if this'll stop the full functionality of photoshop cs4, but i get prompt whenever i start it up stating:

'one or more files in the adobe application support folder, necessary for running photoshop, are missing. please run the photoshop installer and re-install photshop'

so far, i haven't ran into a problem while using it... i'm not sure if this prompt only affects a certain aspect of the program...

regardless, is anyone familiar with this prompt, and if there's a way around it without having to reinstall photoshop cs4?

thanks!

as for the acrobat 9 pro serial... i was able to find a working mac only serial through google... i'd post it, but it'd be taken off right away... just type 'acrobat 9 mac pro serial' and it'll be visible in the text preview of the 5th search result down...

Please help, i have followed all the steps above, atleast the illustrator stopped telling me to contact the sys admin, but it shuts down immediately after start up. I had previously cracked it and it was working well before it started showing me the error message to restart my machine and contact adobe.

After downloading CS4, I was bugged by the licience expiration pop up, when I read the blogs on this site, I got a remedy: I blocked adobe Cs4 apps with windows firewall then I reset time back to 2006, it worked sweet.

You'll find my Adobe CS4 Master Collection on THE PIRATE BAY. Just search for my user name, SHADEYMAN. For help installing etc. try reading the comments or register at THE PIRATE BAY and leave me a comment. I'll help you if I can...

Kind Regards
Shadeyman

can anyone show me how to deactivate after i set the date back and re-opened the photoshop? As i can't see there is a button for me to deactivate???

many thankzzzz!

can anyone tell me where i can download keygen for illustrator CS4

OR

a serial that works

i tried the blaze69 downloads but they dont work... and im scared to download other ones cus they might contain viruses :(

can anyone help plz

I found this video.
Then It was taken down by adobe but the same person put it up again.
With a different name. But it's the same video.
If you guys want the CS4 Master Collection without using torrents then this is for you. It shows how to keep it longer then the 30 days. But you need to read the description for instructions on how to get the CS4 Master Collection.
It totally worked for ME ! :D

This guy rocks ! !

following these steps have worked great with all CS4 apps but when I launch PS 64bit I get this error:

"the app failed to start because ambtlib.dll was not found. Re-installing the app may fix this problem"

Was I not supposed to replace the .dll file in the 64bit version location? (c:\program flies\adobe)

I followed the steps, then re-installed but it still doesn't work.
32bit works great.

any thoughts?

I got CS4 working fine using the host editing trick and cracked dll. - Thanks to everyone!

As a precaution I also blocked network zones on my Comodo firewall (under host name). I didn't put in a www or any IP address.
Will this work - would I be better putting in IP addresses ?

I have an interesting problem that i can seem to bypass. I installed a pirated version of Cs4 Illustrator, Indesign and Photoshop, and the next day i got a call from my internet provider saying that i had downloaded adobe cs4 programs and that adobe traced it back to my IP address. So yeah that scared me a little, but i still need to use the programs for school. so i found out that flexnet has an anti-piracy initiative and can sense via internet activation who is using a pirated serial/crack/keygen. Which brings me to my question is there anyway to bypass the flexnet activation?

When i reinstalled it after my internet provider told me to delete it i used comodo firewall to block its access to the internet. in doing so it wont work due to lack of activation hence the problem.
Maybe im just not understanding the problem. I dont know.

Any ideas?

also i keep getting the adobe error code 148:3. How do i fix that.

Thanks.

the flexnet problems are two fold. the first - flexnet as far as im aware cannot yet be bypassed so it has to be allowed to run. using the hosts trick does work. i disabled all the other adobe services including the licensing one and thats when i get the flexnet error - the service must be allowed to run otherwise cs4 wont.

Gathering all the info to try this out tomorrow...
Thanx

Adobe was giving me problem, had the servers blocked using my router etc. I went on wwww.myip-adress.com and traced their servers, then clicked on whois. Guess what I found :')

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Does this work for mac?
I recently obtained this copy, and am unsure how to get it to work on my mac.
I got the readme file open, but how do I do all this for mac:

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Hello, uh yeah so I got the serial number for photoshop off of here but I also want to get the rest of master collection. Where can I get the serial numbers for the rest of master collection? Thank you for your help.

This process worked fine on my macbook pro but not on my new mac pro. serials work but it still asks to be activated. what am I doing wrong?

my host file (accidentally saved as RTF but saved back to plain txt format)
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hi, I've just install this cs4 and follow the above instruction editing host, and set back the date but it doesn't work. I've search in my Adobe and cant find this dll either. Can anyone pls help...?

i updated host thing, tried to delete the cache db things and all...
i launch any program, it asks me for a serial, and there, well nothing will work!!

will untinstall reinstall work? i dl the thing from shadey too, but via the pirate bay, so i don't have this "fix" folder...

Amend your hosts file to include the following

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That's all you need to do.