i am doing a unattended XP so i am installing all my programs in VMware then going to sysprep it, so how do i backup my Adobe CS3 activation/registration? or can i?

if i can't how do i shift my registration? i am sure there is a way? i want to do this, so i dont have to reactivate everytime in deploy my backup image of my XP

Check this: http://www.adobe.com/support/deployment/cs3_deployment.pdf

ops... thats for enterprise licences only its says



looks like i am out of ideas?

Install and activate over the phone. Copy those serials somewhere.
Uninstall.
Reinstall and make an autoit script to activate over the phone with serials from the first installation
(those serials will work only on your machine!).

so it means its useless to activate b4 i do sysprep right?

You can try, but the activation code is based on the hardware config. Or maybe not?