Just to stop all this non-sense...
First of all - I do have a legit purchased copy of Photoshop 7 that I use on my Mac, and it's completely pointless for me to use on the PC...
On the PC, I have a program called Zone Alarm Pro, that is not only a software firewall but also stops any programs that try to "phone home".
I then downloaded a "warez" version of Photoshop 7 for the PC... and you know what happened - what Zone Alarm Did? NOTHING!
Photoshop did _NOT_ try to phone home at any time, and has not... of course I don't do a thing with it - all my serious work gets done on my Legit version of Photoshop on the Mac, but just for "science", I left the PC version of Photoshop open, looked at a few files with it, save files just to make sure there isn't something specific that triggers this rumored action...
A tad over 24 hours later... nothing! I've closed and started Photoshop a few times, even rebooted the machine and NOTHING!
Zone Alarm has _NEVER_ reported Photoshop trying to phone home in that period. And NOTHING gets access to the internet without my approval on the PC! Then again I have _NOT_ tried registering it or using Adobe Online (as unofficial versions of the software users should _NOT_ have access to in the first place!)
Now with all that said... for those of you who use Warez... You got a "free" copy of the software which - if not only illegal, you are to use AT YOUR OWN RISK, AS IS, NO WARANTEE, NO SUPPORT WHATSOEVER, You should not even be allowed to come to this or _ANY_ respectable forum to cry and wine about your warez being broken!!!
(Actually I wish the moderators would delete or freeze Warez discussions on the board period! But that's just my oppinion)
Oh and that Serial Number expiring - for those clueless Warez people, that's the BETA Serial Numbers expiring this month! DUH! Even I knew that!
Now stop crying and go take your warez elsewhere!