I have run across problems using CS3 Master Collection with Windows 7 myself. I had been using a full version of it for two years and ever since upgrading to Windows 7 I have slowly been having problems with it. It seems the more updates that come out for Windows 7 the more problems I am having with CS3. The straw that broke the camels back was when I installed Office 2010, it compeltely killed any chance of using any part of CS3 expect for Acrobat 9. I unfortunately have come to the conclusion that I am going to have to either dumb down my system or break down and purchase the newer version of Adobe Master Collection. I suspect because of the plug-ins that go between office and Adobe, that microsoft just isn't supporting the older languages if you will anymore and so they can't understand each other, therefore causing the problems. I am with you that Adobe is a dead end because it is two versions old now and they aren't going to support it anymore they are just going to push for you to buy the newer version.