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Win 10 and CS2

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RomseyGal

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Lightroom Experience
Intermediate
Lightroom Version
3.x
Lightroom Version Number
3
Operating System
  1. Windows 10
  2. macOS 10.14 Mojave
After many glorious years of CS2 on my steam fired PC just upgraded to Win 10 and registering CS2 is not working...... Is it the end of the road for stand alone versions of CS/Photoshop or is there one I can still use/purchase on Ebay?
Incidentally - looking at Adobe website - monthly cost of LR and CS is the same price as just CS - don't undertand that...

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Is it the end of the road for stand alone versions ...?
Yes!
Adobe is no longer activating 'Creative Suite' versions. So you may be able to install CS2 but you cannot 'Activate'.
There are no standalone versions available from Adobe.
Purchases from eBay will all be scams, and even if you could install you cannot activate.

If Lightroom-Classic v9.1 and Photoshop 2020 are your desired programs (not the full 'Suite') then the Photography Plan with 20Gb of Cloud storage is the best (and most economical) way to go for US$9.99/Month (Annual Subscription). Adobe will also 'throw in' Lightroom (Mobile-Cloud based), Adobe Bridge, a free Portfolio site, and the ability to sync photos to mobile devices.
 
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