Photoshop CS5 for free!!

Big thanks to IZA!!! :D

Here's an e-mail from Iza with all the instructions:

Hi guys!
I found a way of getting Photoshop CS5 for free so i tought i'll share that info with you and you can do the same (if you dont have Photoshop yet)

First you have to download a trial version from adobe page, or if you did so before and it expired then just use that. It will ask you for a serial number in order to use it. There is a loads of serial numbers available on the net but they will only work for a few minutes (untill the number gets sent back to adobe for verification)
The way to get around that is to block the connection between your computer and adobe, you can do it in few different ways, but this one worked for me best:

1.Go to start menu, then in the run box type:

 C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts

(if you dont have run box in the start menu, then type run in the search box to find it)

2.When it asks what to open it with choose Notepad

3.Then at the bottom of the hosts file you can copy these:

127.0.0.1 activate.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 practivate.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 ereg.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate.wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 3dns-3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 3dns-2.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-2.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 ereg.wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate-sea.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 wwis-dubc1-vip60.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate-sjc0.adobe.com

4.Then go to file save, and you should be adobe connection free.

Now, some computer may reject that and when you want to save it they will give you message like "Make sure that the path and file name is correct" or something like that, then you'll have to do all thouse steps again, but a bit differently:

1. Go to start menu
2. Type NotePad in the search box
3. When it comes up, right click it and choose ‘Run as Administrator’
4. When NotePad opens, click ‘open’ at the top then type C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts in the run box then click ‘open’
5. Paste this under the other text :

127.0.0.1 activate.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 practivate.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 ereg.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate.wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 3dns-3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 3dns-2.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-2.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 ereg.wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate-sea.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 wwis-dubc1-vip60.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate-sjc0.adobe.com

6. Then click save
7. You can now exit NotePad and Adobe programs can no longer connect to the internet to verify serial numbers!

After doing that you can enter to your photoshop one of the serial numbers you find on net, or one of those:

1325-1558-5864-4422-1094-1126

1325-1263-0034-6192-0472-9778
1325-1157-8207-7707-9798-6532
1325-1319-1010-6434-1955-4619
1325-1870-2938-9873-5356-2624
1325-1174-1834-0596-8505-0323
1325-1271-7898-3364-1803-3655
1325-1823-6020-0958-5549-2729
1325-1177-2533-5307-9327-8593
1325-1960-8746-4023-7312-2320
1325-1095-0854-7085-2679-7165

1188-1702-9219-4234-2059-4581
1330-1281-8916-6015-7348-5124
1325-1558-5864-4422-1094-1126

Hope it worked for you and you can now enjoy your free Photoshop:-)
PS. I am not sure if that works for Mac, i have windows xp

                                                                                 via Iza ( thanks a lot again!! )



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