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jasstac
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11. November 2008 @ 12:15 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I have slipstreamed my RAID drivers that I thought I needed into an XP boot disc. i have XP running and updated up to SP3. Problem: I try to install Adobe Photoshop CS3 or CS4 and my computer says I need XP to install it. Well I have XP and it is running fine. So what seems to be the problem. Also when I boot up, it asks me what OS to use. They both say Windows XP Home. I am going to try and WipeDrive one of my 160Gb drives. Also, this is a Dell Dimension 8100 that had OEM Millenium.
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jasstac
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11. November 2008 @ 14:40 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Also when I click the properties of Adobe Photoshop, the compatibility only goes up to Windows 2000. There is no XP.
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16. November 2008 @ 17:06 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Not completely sure about the photoshop issue, but the compatability only going up to Win2K is normal. You leave it alone to run it normally, and only use that option if it doesn't run correctly under XP, but ran correctly under an earlier version of windows.
jasstac
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20. November 2008 @ 15:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The problem I am having is the Photoshop install. My computer says I need XP to install it. But I am running XP on it. Its as if the computer doesn't know its running XP.
onya
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20. November 2008 @ 18:08 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
If you've wiped your HDD's last week as you said you would, then the issue is with adobe. After a recent fracas with their proggys recently, I actively hunted down every single adobe file on my system and deleted (killed) them.. Did a regclean with ccleaner, and did a reboot. Reinstalled and tada! perfect. Give it a try..worked for me.
Oh and as NamelessN posted...leave the compatibility tab alone, it's for olde stuff only. :)

Any better now?
Peshtigo
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20. November 2008 @ 20:52 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by onya:
If you've wiped your HDD's last week as you said you would, then the issue is with adobe. After a recent fracas with their proggys recently, I actively hunted down every single adobe file on my system and deleted (killed) them.. Did a regclean with ccleaner, and did a reboot. Reinstalled and tada! perfect. Give it a try..worked for me.
Oh and as NamelessN posted...leave the compatibility tab alone, it's for olde stuff only. :)

Any better now?
What a coincidence. I did the same thing (almost). Even after uninstalling at level 4 with Revo Uninstaller and cleaning the registry with two different registry cleaners and rebooting. I still found Adobe program folders and files hiding on my PC. Then I did a manual search in Windows Regedit and found even more crap hiding. No more Adobe anything for me. I went back to Corel Paint Shop Pro 12 and the Foxit PDF suite of tools.
onya
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20. November 2008 @ 21:05 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Nasty little sods aint they? That's why I put the word hunt & killed in my reply. Adobe was everywhere...lol. Takes a while don't it? :(
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Peshtigo
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20. November 2008 @ 21:17 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
There should be an Adobe "cleaner" like there is for Nero and some antivirus apps.
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