CS5

[gregf]

<p>Does anyone know the licensing model of CS5? Many applications (now even including MSFT app's) allow for a single license to be used on a desktop and a laptop, provided both are not in use at the same time. Does CS5 have a similar model?</p>

[howard_m]

<p>yes, that's allowable. I think Adobe posts their EULA on their website.</p>

[peterbcarter]

<p>This is a question that only Adobe should be answering.</p>

[patricklavoie]

<p>CS5 can be use on 2 computer max at the <strong>same time</strong>..on the same platform (mac or pc, not mac and pc).</p>

<p>You wont be able to install it on 4 platform (and run them all .. 2 will be use as demo only) and only open 2 let say.. due to the way Adobe now communicate via internet to make sure you copy is legal, and to authenticate the serial use.. 2 copy only can be serialize with 1 serial number.</p>

[wayne_larmon]

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<p>You wont be able to install it on 4 platform (and run them all .. 2 will be use as demo only) and only open 2 let say.. due to the way Adobe now communicate via internet to make sure you copy is legal, and to authenticate the serial use.. 2 copy only can be serialize with 1 serial number.</p>

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<p>I thought that the way it worked was that you can install as many copies as you want with a single serial number/license, but only two can be activated at any one time. i.e., if you already have it installed and activated on two machines, open it on one of the machines and do "Help/Deactivate" The program will communicate with Adobe's activation server so the activation server will know that you only have a single copy activated. You can then install and activate on a third machine. If you want to later use it on the 2nd machine, you need to deactivate one of the other copies first. (Whenever you start a de-activated copy, you need to activate before the program will run.)</p>

<p>Also, if you back up your C: drive (for Windows) with some kind of disk clone program so that you can restore to another drive if your system drives dies, it is a real good idea to deactivate any activated programs before doing the clone copy. If you don't and your C: drive dies and you restore onto a replacement drive, Adobe's activation server will still be counting the copy that was on the dead drive so you won't be able to activate it (assuming that you have two copies installed and activated.) I followed this procedure a bunch of times, because I keep outgrowing my C: drive and need to clone it to a new, larger one every year, or so. I always deactivate all Adobe programs before cloning.<br>

Wayne<br>

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[patricklavoie]

<p>exactly.. you can install as many copies as you want with a single serial number/license, but only two can be activated at any one time... the other will run as demo for 30 days if you open them and dont serialize them.</p>