WARNING: MAKE SURE THE INTERNET IS TURNED OFF BEFORE YOU DO THIS

1. Install DAEMON Tools Lite onto your computer. Make sure to install the DAEMON
Tools Gadget onto the desktop.
2.
If you are running the gadget -
Click "Mount Virtual CD/DVD-ROM" which looks like a play button. When the window
pops up, navigate to the CS5 Master Coll1 located in the Adobe CS5 Master Colle
ction folder. Click OK.
If you are running the actual DAEMON Tools Lite program instead of the g
adget -
Open the program and double-click on the virtual drive at the bottom of the wind
ow. When the window pops up, navigate to the CS5 Master Coll1 located in the Ado
be CS5 Master Collection folder. Click OK. Close the window.
3. Open "My Computer". Right-click on the Virtual Drive with CS5 on it. Choose t
he top option which should be "Install or run program from your media"
4. Follow the Adobe install instructions all the way through.
5. When the installation is finished, a window should pop up asking you to conti
nue or start a trial or to enter a serial number. Choose to enter the serial num
ber and copy and paste the following code.
1325-1118-5864-4422-1094-1166

Click OK.
6. Next, copy and paste the hosts file into the directory C:\Windows\System32\dr
ivers\etc and overwrite the previous hosts file.
(It is now safe to turn the internet back on if you so choose)
7. Start up any of the Adobe programs and congrats you now have Adobe CS5 for fr
ee! If you would like to get rid of the annoying window that opens up every time
you start one of the programs, you can delete the Adobe Application Manager fil
e from the Adobe folder.