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Does Adobe CS 5.5 deactivate if uninstalled?
We're building Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 packages using Adobe Application Manager Enterprise Edition (AAMEE). In the past, before installing a new CS, I have to open Photoshop, de-activate the CS, uninstall, then install the new CS, open Photoshop and Activate the CS. After building a CS with AAMEE, it creates a "Install.pkg" and "Uninstall.pkg." If the Install.pkg is deployed, then a day later I deployed the Uninstall.pkg, will the Uninstall.pkg de-activate the copy of Creative Suite?
David Brugge
I confess that I haven't kept up with AAMEE to see what features they have added, so I can't give you a definitive answer. I shot a question to the Sr. Product Manager for Creative Suites at Adobe, but it turns out he is on vacation. Be patient while I find someone else who can answer this, or perhaps there is an expert here at EE that will come across this question and help out.
Hi ecshelp!
I got this reply from Jody Rodgers
Does this answer your question?
I got this reply from Jody Rodgers
The Unistall.pkg is used to uninstall the AAMEE-produced install (from Install.pkg) and does not touch any previous versions of our software. If CS5 was installed from an AAMEE produced package and the admin has the older Uninstall.pkg from CS5 they could use that to uninstall. I hope that helps.
One other thing to note that only the AAMEE 2.0 version should be used to create the CS 5.5 package. AAMEE 2.0 and the Deployment Guide are now online:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/creativesuite/enterprisedeployment.html
And there is this related blog post:
http://blogs.adobe.com/oobe/2011/05/aamee-2-0-and-ausst-2-0-live.html
Cheers,
Jody Rodgers
Senior Product Manager | Enterprise & Volume Customers
Creative Suite | Adobe Systems
Does this answer your question?
ASKER
Thanks for the info, however, it doesn't seem to answer my question as far as activation and de-activation. If I use the Uninstall.pkg I created from AAMEE, does it automatically de-activate the software on Adobe's servers or no?
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ASKER
Unfortunately it is not, however it is the truth. Thanks for finding this out. Now we have a better idea of how to deploy this software remotely.
ASKER
While it wasn't the answer I was hoping, it was better than what Adobe has listed in their documentation.
If you were not aware, Jody Rogers has a blog that covers installation and licensing at Adobe.
ASKER
Yeah, I read that. It just didn't specify the issue I wrote originally about is all.