CS3 Web Premium using ghost

Ok just a breif history of problem,

I work within a school and have just purchased a site licence for Adobe CS3
Web Premium.
obviously I want to install the product on all the PC here in the school.

Usually I do this by using Ghost (Symantec) creating a master PC install
pulling an image of it and then push the image to all the PC's within the
School.

Now to the problem, when I install CS3 and activate etc everything is fine and
dandy, when I push the image out to all the PC's I receive a request to re
activate.

is there a way around this?

Good question. I'm sure Adobe must have a solution for you - but I'm not
sure anyone here does. Have you tried contacting Adobe directly?

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"b1eiji" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

Ok just a breif history of problem,

I work within a school and have just purchased a site licence for Adobe
CS3
Web Premium.
obviously I want to install the product on all the PC here in the school.

Usually I do this by using Ghost (Symantec) creating a master PC install
pulling an image of it and then push the image to all the PC's within the
School.

Now to the problem, when I install CS3 and activate etc everything is fine
and
dandy, when I push the image out to all the PC's I receive a request to re
activate.

is there a way around this?

yes tried that with no luck simply was told that they don't support ghost good bye

Hmmm - I'll see what I can find out.

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"b1eiji" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

yes tried that with no luck simply was told that they don't support ghost
good bye

I am sure this might sound elementary, but did you use Ghostwalker or another
method to remove the SIDs. I know from past experiences when we used to image
XP machines, we needed to run Sysprep and Ghostwalker and remove the SSIDs
otherwise we would run into installation/activation problems with other apps.

Just a thought.

[q]Originally posted by: b1eiji
Ok just a breif history of problem,

I work within a school and have just purchased a site licence for Adobe CS3
Web Premium.
obviously I want to install the product on all the PC here in the school.

Usually I do this by using Ghost (Symantec) creating a master PC install
pulling an image of it and then push the image to all the PC's within the
School.

Now to the problem, when I install CS3 and activate etc everything is fine and
dandy, when I push the image out to all the PC's I receive a request to re
activate.

is there a way around this?[/q]

Here's the story.

You cannot GHOST a DW app that has already been activated, since the
activation is machine specific. Buy, you can install the app on a machine,
GHOST the drive (before the app is activated), and then broadcast the image.
But each workstation owner would have to perform their own activation.

Does that help at all?

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"b1eiji" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

yes tried that with no luck simply was told that they don't support ghost
good bye