Installation Instructions: (Read carefully)

The file in this torrent 'xf-mccs6.exe' will be hereto referred to as the 'X-force
keygen'...

1.) Make sure your computer has NO INTERNET ACCESS!

Disable your Network card and/or disconnect your Network cable.
Disconnect from your wireless connection (if you have one).

2.) Download the Adobe Master Collection CS6 Trial from Adobe's website and save it
to a folder on your PC.

3.) Launch the Adobe Master Collection CS6 installer (should be setup.exe).

4.) When asked for a serial number, launch the X-force keygen (DO NOT CLOSE OR EXIT
THE KEYGEN UNTIL YOU HAVE COMPLETED STEP # !!!)
and press the 'GENERATE' button. (DO NOT CLOSE OR EXIT THE KEYGEN YET!)

5.) Copy that serial number and then either:

a.) Paste (ctl + v for Windows, Command-V for MAC) into the first textbox for
the serial in the Adobe installer
(the whole serial should paste across the textbox fields)

OR, if you couldn't paste it all in at once..

b.) Carefully type the serial into the Adobe installer.

6.) Continue with the installation.

7.) Once Adobe Master Collection CS6 is installed, open any program. You will be
prompted to Activate.

8.) Click on the "I'm having Internet Problems" OR "Activate Offline" button/link,
then,.. if needed,.. click on the 'Generate Request Code' button.

9.) A Request Code will be displayed.

Copy that code, including the "=" at the end of the code,

10.) Go back to the X-force keygen and delete or select all the text in the
"Request" field,... then paste your Request Code into that field.

11.) Click the 'GENERATE' button again, and an Activation code will be generated.

12.) Copy the Activation Code, and then paste it into the Adobe Activator window,
and then validate.

Almost done, Let's block the applications from phoning home....

13.) Add the following 2 lines to your PC's hosts file:

127.0.0.1 lmlicenses.wip4.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 lm.licenses.adobe.com

OR... For additional security, add the following block to your hosts file (this
already includes the 2 previous lines above):
# Begin Adobe block
#
# These Added for CS6 install
#
#
127.0.0.1 lmlicenses.wip4.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 lm.licenses.adobe.com
#
#
# The rest for CS3 and newer
#
#
127.0.0.1 3dns.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 3dns-1.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 3dns-2.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 3dns-3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 3dns-4.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate.wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate-sea.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate-sjc0.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-1.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-2.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-4.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-5.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobeereg.com
127.0.0.1 crl.verisign.net
127.0.0.1 CRL.VERISIGN.NET
127.0.0.1 ood.opsource.net
127.0.0.1 ereg.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 ereg.wip.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 ereg.wip1.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 ereg.wip2.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 ereg.wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 ereg.wip4.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 hh-software.com
127.0.0.1 www.hh-software.com
127.0.0.1 hl2rcv.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 practivate.adobe
127.0.0.1 practivate.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 practivate.adobe.newoa
127.0.0.1 practivate.adobe.ntp
127.0.0.1 practivate.adobe.ipp
127.0.0.1 activate.wip.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate.wip1.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate.wip2.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate.wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate.wip4.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 wip.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 wip1.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 wip2.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 wip4.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 wwis-dubc1-vip60.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 www.wip.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 www.wip1.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 www.wip2.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 www.wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 www.wip4.adobe.com
#
#
# Not sure if the following are needed but...
# better safe than sorry
#
#
127.0.0.1 activate.adobe.de
127.0.0.1 practivate.adobe.de
127.0.0.1 ereg.adobe.de
127.0.0.1 activate.wip3.adobe.de
127.0.0.1 wip3.adobe.de
127.0.0.1 3dns-3.adobe.de
127.0.0.1 3dns-2.adobe.de
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns.adobe.de
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-2.adobe.de
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-3.adobe.de
127.0.0.1 ereg.wip3.adobe.de
127.0.0.1 activate-sea.adobe.de
127.0.0.1 wwis-dubc1-vip60.adobe.de
127.0.0.1 activate-sjc0.adobe.de
127.0.0.1 wwis-dubc1-vip60.adobe.de
127.0.0.1 hl2rcv.adobe.de
#
# Adobe Activation Block v2.
#
#
#
# End of Adobe block

15.) Reboot your computer, open any application, and choose Help > Update
Master Collection CS6 will update without any problems.

14.) By default, pressing Help from an application's menu will take you to
adobe.com Online Help.
If you want to access each application's Help files locally from your PC
instead of online at Adobe.com, complete the following steps:

WINDOWS USERS:

a.) Choose Start > Run and type regedit to open the registry editor.
b.) Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe.
c.) Locate the string value
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\AdobeOnlineDefault.
d.) Double-click this string value and set it's Value Data to "0" to disable;
click OK.

If these keys and/or their string values do not exist, then complete the following
steps:

a. Right click on the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe and choose New >

String Value.
 b. Name the String Value "AdobeOnlineDefault" (without quotes).
c. Double-click this string value and set it's Value Data to "0" (without
quotes) to disable; click OK.

MAC USERS:
On Mac these keys can be found in a file in the following Property List (.plist)
files:

1. /Library/Preferences/com.adobe.AdobeOnlineHelp.plist
AdobeOnlineDefault; controls online connects for Search for Help and Help >
[Product Name] Help

a.) Open the Apple Property List Editor (supplied with the Apple SKD) or other
property list editor application.
b.) Open /Library/Preferences/com.adobe.AdobeOnlineHelp.plist.
c.) Select Root to see the subentries.
d.) Change the value of the key AdobeOnlineDefault to "0" (without quotes) to
disable.
e.) Save the .plist file.
f.) Restart the Adobe application.

If any of these keys do not exist, then complete the following steps:

a.) Select the Root object in the applicable plist file and click the triangle
to display it's contents.
b.) Click the New Child button and name it "AdobeOnlineDefault (without quotes).
c.) For Class select String.
d.) Set the value to "0" to disable.
e.) Save the .plist file.
f.) Restart the Adobe application.

15.) Now you need to install the actual Help files...

a.) Close all running Adobe applications.

b.) In the Windows directory - [C:/Program Files (x86)/Adobe/], delete the
"Adobe Help" folder. [C:Program Files (x86)/Adobe/Adobe Help/].
c.) Reboot.
d.) Go to the Adobe Community Help center at http://www.adobe.com/support/chc/
to download the latest Adobe Help Manager.
e.) On the sidebar of the webpage, skip Step 1 and click the "Install Now"
button in Step 2.
f.) Choose to save "AdobeHelp.air" in a folder on your computer.
g.) Double click "AdobeHelp.air" to run the Adobe Help Manager.
h.) On the "General Settings" tab, select "Yes" for "Display Local Help content
only settings" so you access only local help (Not Online Help).
i.) In the "Download Preferences" tab, select all the programs which you want
help files installed into.
j.) On the "Updater Settings" tab, select "Manually update my locally stored
Help content'.
k.) Click "Download" in the 'settings' tab to download all the latest PDF and
local content, or select the help files one by one in the "Local Content" tab, then
click "Update".
l.) Once the download completes, reboot.