Hi all, before you say it: Yes, I have seen the other threads 
Version: Indesign CS4, with latest updates.(it's crashed with and without these applied)
Operating System: XP sp 3, freshly reformatted and updated
Issue: Indesign installs fine, updates fine, then after 1-2 uses crashes. It used to crash and require reinstall for different reasons before the reformat, now it just gives : "missing required file cp1252.txt" and needs reinstall.
- If I try and uninstall in Add/Remove, it says it's already uninstalled.
- If I run the suite cleaner, it says that nothing is there
- Adobe is still clearly there in the files.
- This is installed on another computer fine.(win 7 I believe)
Before the reformat, it was the liscencing that was breaking. The same results happened above for it, now it's something else.
questions:
- Does 32 or 64 bit versions has anything to do with this. I do not have a Program Files(x86) folder, being an older PC, so it all goes into the same place..
- Is this a conflict with other adobe products (only other install other than what was on the indesign CD is reader and flash plugins for browsers) or is this just a metter of moving the files to the proper location?
- what's the legality of lighting adobe HQ on fire? 
- Is this just my bad luck, or is it I'm one of the only handful of people that runs these programs fine on an older computer/OS?
This is very frustrating, because I've sunk over 12 hours last week (most of it on hold) with Adobe Customer support, and now all of a sudden they say they stopped supporting Cs4. GAH! And I run a weekly local newspaper, and this is really bumming me out.
Thanks in advance forum heros!
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