Adobe Photoshop Elements

[gerardsweeney]

Hi, folks.

 

One of our schools is needing to move from an old version of Photoshop Elements (6 I think) because the CD/DVD burner component it installs causes Windows 11 to barf quite spectacularly.

 

We're not wanting them going cloud, or anything subscription-y.

So my hope was to tell them to get an Enterprise version of Elements (newest version).

Actually my hope was to tell them to get Affinity, and kick Adobe to the kerb - but alas..

 

Does such a thing exist? If so, what are they looking to buy?

To be very clear - my department don't do the purchasing, we just advise them to go speak to XYX about what they're wanting.

 

I want minimal involvement on our part with this.

Ideally - like the old Elements version before it.. Punt out the installer with SCCM, and then forget about it.

I don't want to have to go into some wretched Admin console, and say that billy@whatever and tommy@whatever can use it, and then have to do it all again when term changes.

 

I just want it set so that anyone using the PCs with it installed can use it - I'm dreadfully old fashioned with that now seemingly quaint notion

 

So... What are they looking to buy?

 

Oh.. And we don't have SSO - if that makes any odds to answers

 

Any help greatly appreciated!

[synaesthesia]

The best technical solution I can offer is install Affinity and rename the shortcuts. It'll probably take a year for them to notice.

Unfortunately even Elements is entirely handled by the cloud installers but I don't think the licensing is - worth speaking to a software distributor that handles Adobe and see what they say. I'd LOVE to get rid of Adobe creative cloud - the expense is daft.

[ITGuyNW]

Hi, folks.

 

One of our schools is needing to move from an old version of Photoshop Elements (6 I think) because the CD/DVD burner component it installs causes Windows 11 to barf quite spectacularly.

 

We're not wanting them going cloud, or anything subscription-y.

So my hope was to tell them to get an Enterprise version of Elements (newest version).

Actually my hope was to tell them to get Affinity, and kick Adobe to the kerb - but alas..

 

Does such a thing exist? If so, what are they looking to buy?

To be very clear - my department don't do the purchasing, we just advise them to go speak to XYX about what they're wanting.

 

I want minimal involvement on our part with this.

Ideally - like the old Elements version before it.. Punt out the installer with SCCM, and then forget about it.

I don't want to have to go into some wretched Admin console, and say that billy@whatever and tommy@whatever can use it, and then have to do it all again when term changes.

 

I just want it set so that anyone using the PCs with it installed can use it - I'm dreadfully old fashioned with that now seemingly quaint notion

 

So... What are they looking to buy?

 

Oh.. And we don't have SSO - if that makes any odds to answers

 

Any help greatly appreciated!

 

Rename PxHlpa64.sys in windows/system32/drivers to something else and Windows 11 is then happy.

[Squelch]

We had to stop using an old version of elements this year because the installer can no longer access the adobe account login page so you can never license it. Pesky Adobe..