After effects cs3 product license expired

Thanks for the suggestions. Unfortunately, CS3 doesn't have uninstall. Quote: paw nuke it from orbit, it's the only way to be sure.

Can you tell me the specific way how to do so? This is a serious problem in and of itself. Archive your user data to create more free space, and then uninstall and reinstall the products. Most of what is there can safely be deleted. Quote: Grafux: This is a serious problem in and of itself. Thanks Grafux!! First of all, do you have backups? If not, stop now, and back everything critical up. This typically is most everything in your home folder. Now, how big is the hard drive? Your drive is likely 10x that size, or GB, perhaps more.

You should therefore have somewhere around 15GB of free space. You should keep above this threshold at all times for optimal performance. Your computer must be very slow with so little free space.

My suggestion to archive your user files means to take your documents and art files and back them up to another location. Then delete the originals on your Mac's hard drive to reclaim free space. Additionally, perform a quick audit of your other files that may be safe to delete, like old applications, downloads, movies or music you don't need. Once you take care of the free space issue, then we can move onto fixing the CS4 installation. Reinstall OS X from scratch.

Install cs suite. On this page Issue Solution Additional information. Replace the Adobe CS3 beta or prerelease serial number with your retail serial number. Remove the CS3 application:. Watch a movie that illustrates this process. Locate and remove any remaining cache. Reinstall the Adobe CS3 Suite or stand-alone application and enter the serial number from your retail version. Removing the expired serial number allows you to enter your valid serial number.

The error "Licensing for this product has stopped working" is related to the activation component of Creative Suite 4 software. It is related to a problem with the FlexNet Service. Creative Suite 5 software uses a different activation component. See these documents for solutions on how to resolve this particular error:. Legal Notices Online Privacy Policy. Creative Suite User Guide. Select an article: Select an article:. On this page Issue Solutions Additional information.

When you try to start a CS5 or CS4 application, you receive one of the following errors: "Licensing for this product has expired" "The serial number you used to activate this product has expired" "Invalid serial number.

The serial number appears to be invalid" These errors can occur after the application has been running successfully for some time, or when you start it for the first time.