Comments on: Windows XP Service Pack 3 Breaks InDesign CS2 Pagemaker Conversion Capability

By: Bob Levine

Bob Levine — Wed, 18 May 2011 18:02:15 +0000

@Doug, what happens when you try?

By: Doug E

Doug E — Wed, 18 May 2011 17:52:52 +0000

Just got a new computer 64 bit, Windows 7,CS5 ID and can only open some PMD’s (7), any info would be apprecited. Thanks

By: Miles

Miles — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 22:34:01 +0000

Bob, thanks for the link! there are 4 options none of which work, but that is an XP problem. A great place to continue the struggle! thnks again!

By: Bob Levine

Bob Levine — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 21:42:18 +0000

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950249

By: Miles

Miles — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 21:19:09 +0000

Did anyone answer jay Deacons question? I am having the same problem.

By: Jay Deacon

Jay Deacon — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:05:15 +0000

I’ve newly got the same problem due to SP3 and can’t at the moment afford a CS upgrade. So I go to add/remove programs, and it doesn’t give me the option of removing SP3. What am I missing? Thanks for any insight . . .

By: Bob Levine

Bob Levine — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:47:54 +0000

Nobody is forcing you to do anything. This is an operating system change, not something that Adobe did.

You have two choices, roll back to SP2 or upgrade to CS4. And you should be aware that if the current policy holds when CS5 is released you won’t even be eligible for upgrade pricing.

By: Sue

Sue — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:17:17 +0000

I sure need a patch to be able to open my hundreds of Pagemaker 7 files into Service Pack 3. That is very nice to force an upgrade, I’ll be sure and tell ALL my clients that, since I have used it because they did not want to upgrade and couldn’t use the Adobe CS files. I have been an Adobe user for 25 years and this is the first time I have found my files rendered useless and unopenable in a newer version with no workaround. Please somebody out there develop a patch!

By: Bob Levine

Bob Levine — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:25:47 +0000

You might want to try posting in the U2U forums to see if anyone has any insight into this.

I’m running Win 7 Ultimate 64 here but I’m not installing CS2 or anything else that requires XP mode.

By: Lynne

Lynne — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:21:29 +0000

Needing to buy a new laptop asap to work on school yearbook at home. School is running InDesign cs2 and can’t afford to upgrade.
In looking at laptops, found that if I buy one with Windows 7 professional version I can run in XP mode. Do you know if there is going to be a conflict working in CS2 files and running in XP mode and in running on a 64-bit system?
Also, I would be transporting files generated at school (most likely on a 32-bit system) working at home and then taking back and re-saving to our network and re-opening there. Does anyone know if there are conflicts? I realize this is all new stuff with 7 just coming out, but some help/advice would be appreciated.