Photoshop CC and Windows 7

hark

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Most likely there are very few people who still use Windows 7. But for those who do, has anyone else reached the end of support by Adobe? Supposedly I have 3 days remaining to access Photoshop before I lose its use altogether. This laptop cannot support a Windows 10 upgrade which is what Adobe is pushing on me. My account cannot be verified through any of the Creative Cloud software on my PC. Since my laptop cannot support the newer versions which require more RAM and other upgrades, I have been using PCC 2015, 2017, and 2018.

The prompt I receive is that my Adobe products cannot access their server to verify it is a legit copy - yet I can log into my account online. So before I even contacted them, I rebooted my modem and router, did a system restore to a time prior to when the prompts began, and ran some type of software to identify potential problems (came up with zero).

Adobe's new system requirements for older versions of Photoshop is now Windows 10 or anything later even though it's always worked fine on Windows 7. So if anyone is using an older operating system, just be aware that at some point, you will probably lose access to using any of the Adobe products.
 

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After updating the remaining Windows 7 updates from Microsoft, I still couldn't get my Adobe subscription verified. So I just ended another screen sharing session with Adobe.

The man said Microsoft made changes which blocked Adobe applications from accessing the internet. He made internet changes to my PC then downloaded a new update to Creative Cloud. Once I logged into my account, I now have full access to Photoshop without the prompt telling me I have just one day left to verify my account. He also said everyone running Windows 7 is running into this same issue.

And I didn't have to upgrade to Windows 10 like the first rep said.
 
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