Have several copies of Acrobat Professional that were purchased previously, installed and activated. However there is no documentation of the serial numbers, the Adobe online account ID or any details for these.
Need to move the licenses to upgraded Windows 7 PCs (current ones are on Windows XP that are about to be decommissioned).
Requirement is to ONLY move the licenses to the upgraded workstations. NOT to have multiple instances of the same license running concurrently.
Note: Adobe support is not very helpful since there isn’t much information about the licenses.
DO NOT want to use 3rd party tools to extract serial numbers.
Is there a way to get this information from the registry or any other location so that the licenses can be transferred without breaking the activation? If so how?
Solution:
This is what I was able to find after a few Google searches
STEP 1: Find Adobe Key (Encrypted)
Use one of the methods below.
M1. Using SQLite DB:The activation information is stored at the location below:
C:Program Files (x86)Common FilesAdobeAdobe PCDcachecache.db
This is a SQLite DB which can be opened with SQLite Database Browser.Using SQLite Database Browser, you need to look for the key SN
M2. Using the registry:
For 32 bit OS :
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREAdobeAdobe Acrobat10.0RegistrationSERIAL
For 64 bit OS :
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREWow6432NodeAdobeAdobe Acrobat10.0RegistrationSERIAL
Replace 10.0 with version of Adobe being used
STEP 2: Decrypt Key
Use one of the methods below.
M1: JavaScript code to decrypt Serial:
function DecodeAdobeKey(sAdobeEncryptedKey){ var regex=/[0-9]{24}/g; if(!regex.test(sAdobeEncryptedKey)) { return 'corrupted serial'; } var AdobeCipher = new Array(),index=0,sAdobeDecryptedKey=''; AdobeCipher[index++] = '0000000001'; AdobeCipher[index++] = '5038647192'; AdobeCipher[index++] = '1456053789'; AdobeCipher[index++] = '2604371895'; AdobeCipher[index++] = '4753896210'; AdobeCipher[index++] = '8145962073'; AdobeCipher[index++] = '0319728564'; AdobeCipher[index++] = '7901235846'; AdobeCipher[index++] = '7901235846'; AdobeCipher[index++] = '0319728564'; AdobeCipher[index++] = '8145962073'; AdobeCipher[index++] = '4753896210'; AdobeCipher[index++] = '2604371895'; AdobeCipher[index++] = '1426053789'; AdobeCipher[index++] = '5038647192'; AdobeCipher[index++] = '3267408951'; AdobeCipher[index++] = '5038647192'; AdobeCipher[index++] = '2604371895'; AdobeCipher[index++] = '8145962073'; AdobeCipher[index++] = '7901235846'; AdobeCipher[index++] = '3267408951'; AdobeCipher[index++] = '1426053789'; AdobeCipher[index++] = '4753896210'; AdobeCipher[index++] = '0319728564'; //decode the adobe key for(var i=0;i<24;i++) { if (i%4 == 0 && i>0) sAdobeDecryptedKey += '-'; sAdobeDecryptedKey += AdobeCipher[i].charAt( sAdobeEncryptedKey.charAt(i) ); } return sAdobeDecryptedKey;}M2: PowerShell Code to decrypt Serial
function ConvertFrom-EncryptedAdobeKey { [CmdletBinding()] Param( [Parameter(Position=0, Mandatory=$true)] [string] [ValidateLength(24,24)] $EncryptedKey ) $AdobeCipher = "0000000001", "5038647192", "1456053789", "2604371895", "4753896210", "8145962073", "0319728564", "7901235846", "7901235846", "0319728564", "8145962073", "4753896210", "2604371895", "1426053789", "5038647192", "3267408951", "5038647192", "2604371895", "8145962073", "7901235846", "3267408951", "1426053789", "4753896210", "0319728564" $counter = 0 $DecryptedKey = "" While ($counter -ne 24) { $DecryptedKey += $AdobeCipher[$counter].substring($EncryptedKey.SubString($counter, 1), 1) $counter ++ } $DecryptedKey}M3: VB Code to decrypt Serial:
Function DecodeAdobeKey(strAdobeEncryptedKey)Dim AdobeCipher(24)Dim strAdobeDecryptedKey, i, j AdobeCipher(0) = "0000000001"AdobeCipher(1) = "5038647192"AdobeCipher(2) = "1456053789"AdobeCipher(3) = "2604371895"AdobeCipher(4) = "4753896210"AdobeCipher(5) = "8145962073"AdobeCipher(6) = "0319728564"AdobeCipher(7) = "7901235846"AdobeCipher(8) = "7901235846"AdobeCipher(9) = "0319728564"AdobeCipher(10) = "8145962073"AdobeCipher(11) = "4753896210"AdobeCipher(12) = "2604371895"AdobeCipher(13) = "1426053789"AdobeCipher(14) = "5038647192"AdobeCipher(15) = "3267408951"AdobeCipher(16) = "5038647192"AdobeCipher(17) = "2604371895"AdobeCipher(18) = "8145962073"AdobeCipher(19) = "7901235846"AdobeCipher(20) = "3267408951"AdobeCipher(21) = "1426053789"AdobeCipher(22) = "4753896210"AdobeCipher(23) = "0319728564" 'decode the adobe keyfor i = 0 To 23if (i Mod 4 = 0 And i > 0) Then'every 4 characters add a "-"strAdobeDecryptedKey = strAdobeDecryptedKey & "-"end if 'Grab the next number from the adobe encrypted key. Add one to 'i' because it isn't base 0j = mid (strAdobeEncryptedKey, i + 1, 1) 'Add one to J because it isn't base 0 and grab that numbers position in the cipherk = mid (AdobeCipher(i), j + 1, 1)strAdobeDecryptedKey = strAdobeDecryptedKey & k NextDecodeAdobeKey = strAdobeDecryptedKeyEnd FunctionM4: Java Code to decrypt Serial:
public static String decrypt(String encryptedKey) { String[] AdobeCipher = { "0000000001", "5038647192", "1456053789", "2604371895", "4753896210", "8145962073", "0319728564", "7901235846", "7901235846", "0319728564", "8145962073", "4753896210", "2604371895", "1426053789", "5038647192", "3267408951", "5038647192", "2604371895", "8145962073", "7901235846", "3267408951", "1426053789", "4753896210", "0319728564" }; String sAdobeDecryptedKey = ""; for (int i = 0; i < 24; i++) { if (i % 4 == 0 && i > 0) sAdobeDecryptedKey += '-'; String ndx=encryptedKey.substring(i, i+1); int tmp=Integer.parseInt(ndx); sAdobeDecryptedKey += AdobeCipher[i].substring(tmp, tmp+1); } return sAdobeDecryptedKey;}STEP 3: Download and Install the software with same serial
Download same version of the Adobe software that was install previously from the official Adobe repository using the links below:
Adobe 7 – Download for Adobe Professional and Standard version 7 and Serial key available here – The serial numbers provided as a part of the download may only be used by customers who legitimately purchased CS2 or Acrobat 7 and need to maintain their current use of these products. (Can download by using ANY Adobe ID to sign in – Not just the Adobe ID it was purchased under)
References:
Everything about Adobe’s cache.db (well, not quite)
Find Your Adobe Acrobat Serial Number