Block Adobe Photoshop CC activation outbound link using windows host file or firewall is a common question for everyone.
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Adobe applications includes an activation mechanism since version 8.0 (CS) and later. You can prevent the application from calling-home by manipulating the system's Hosts file. After we update the host file, when the application will try to contact the activation server it will be redirected to the loop-back address 127.0.0.1 and therefore will.
I am not a professional Graphic Designer, but sometimes I like to play with Adobe tools like Photoshop CC. As I dont use it for professional works, I decided to not purchase, instead just use the Trial version.
Adobe Activation Server List Windows 10
But almost everyone know that Adobe allow 30 Days Trial, after then it will keep showing activation message.
So, as a hobbyist Designer, how I can use Adobe Photoshop CC without activation? Yes, there is a way. You can use either Windows firewall to block all outbound link from Adobe, or you may also use Windows host file to block those URL.
Adobe Activation Server Unavailable
Today I am not going to share how to block any software outbound link using Firewall, because I dont want to write a very long article. You can search on Google about how to block any software or may be how to block Adobe Photoshop CC using Windows Firewall.
Though its not a how to design using Adobe photoshop, but I am assuring you that this tricks will save your time.
Update Note: A lot of my readers asking solution to activate Adobe Photoshop and others adobe products like Adobe Premiere pro, After effects, illustrator etc. I know purchasing from original vendor is quite expensive for us, that’s why we use almost all premium software for free. I will share activation method bellow of this post very soon.
By the way, You can use this method to block windows host for all Adobe software such as:
- Adobe Creative Cloud: Any Version
- Adobe Premiere Pro CC/CS Any Version
- Adobe After Effects CC/CS Any Version
- Adobe Photoshop CC/CS Any Version
- Adobe Lightroom CC/CS Any Version
- Adobe Illustrator CC/CS Any Version
- Adobe InDesign: CC/CS Any Version
- Adobe Animate: CC/CS Any Version
- Adobe Audition: CC/CS Any Version
- And all of the Adobe software, off course Any Version.
And you are looking for a way to block using Windows host file, then this article is for your. Bellow you will get a proper way to block Adobe Photoshop CC activation using Windows host file.
STEP One: First open your notepad using Administration permission. Search for notepad and right click on it to see the option to run as Administration permission.
STEP Two: After opening Notepad window, click on file and Go to Windows > system32 > drivers > etc folder. Here you will see a file name host. If you don’t see, then please change file format from text to all files at the bottom. You can see bellow image for better understanding.
STEP Three: Now its time to edit host file using notepad. Copy link from bellow and paste at the bottom of your open host file in notepad. And after then don’t forget to save it.
Block Adobe Photoshop CC Activation
If you successfully did everything properly, then you can be relax about Photoshop CC activation blocking. Because from now you will be able to use Photoshop CC trial as many days you want.
Video Tutorial on Photoshop CC activation blocking
If you are like others, facing issues on blocking Photoshop CC activation blocking using host, then this video will be very helpfull got you.
Thanks and wishing you best of luck. And also, dont forget to comment or send me email if you need further assit to block Photoshop CC activation using host file on windows or mac.
Recently my Photoshop CS3 decided to tell me that my license activation was expired/needed re-activation. I thought this had to do with a Windows 10 update from the week before breaking things as it also wrecked my MS Office installation.
Of course the reactivation failed with a connection error saying “Activation – No Connection”. And of course the phone activation service has been discontinued by Adobe.
The cause of the activation or connection error is Adobe has “retired” their older activation servers. It was these servers that Photoshop CS3 were connecting to every time I started the program (ie to check that the serial code is legit).
What this means is that older Adobe software such as CS3 and Acrobat 8 can no longer be activated.
But wait there is a solution
Don’t try talking to Adobe support as they don’t know their ass from their elbow and after telling you a list of steps to take (steps I’d just finished telling them I’d already taken without success before speaking to them) they will tell you that Adobe CS3 is no longer supported and to find your answer in the Adobe community forums. Since I’m a glutton for punishment, I went through this process twice with Adobe “support staff”. In order words, Adobe’s official advice is to “figure it out yourself. And so I did.
Here is the solution to the Adobe CS3 activation error. You will need an Adobe ID.
- Get a new (free) CS3 serial code, as your old one is now useless. You can do this by going to https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/cs3-product-downloads.html and click the Sign in link (down past What are my options?)
- Download the new CS3 installer (link found on the page after you sign in)
- While downloading the new installer, uninstall the old CS3
- CRITICAL STEP – Delete cache.db file from Program Files (x86)/Common Files/Adobe/Adobe PCD/cache.
- In case you missed step 4. Skip this step and nothing will change and you’ll get the activation error again. CRITICAL STEP – Delete cache.db file from Program Files (x86)/Common Files/Adobe/Adobe PCD/cache.
- Reboot
- Optional, if you want to be extremely thorough: Run the Adobe Cleaner Tool (get it here https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/cc-cleaner-tool-installation-problems.html). Mine didn’t find anything to remove.
- Optional: Reboot
- Install Photoshop CS3 using the new CS3 installer
- Start the program, rejoice when it asks for your new serial code
- Have a minor heart attack when you get another activation error
- Rejoice when you realise it’s just a product registration error. Click “Never register”, and go have a beer.
Yay.
Critcal step was found here: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2371664
Did I help save your day? Avert a catastophe? Let’s relax with a coffee 🙂