[joethelion]

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I just realized the title of this was just for "Photoshop" but - obviously it's for the entire creative suite, and for some reason, I don't seem to be able to re-title this thread...

Ok - so

A week or so ago - someone spilled a glass of water on my laptop. The computer was RUINED, however - I was lucky enough to be able to salvage the hard drive.

It's now sitting in a "hard drive caddy" and basically just exists as an additional external drive.

I then went out and bought a new MacBook Pro, and ran "Migration Assistant."

Now here comes the problem... whenever I open any of the "Creative Suite" applications, I get a warning that's says:

Our records indicate that this serial number has already been used to set up and activate Creative Suite 4 Web Premium on two other machines, which is the maximum allowed.

Annnnddddddd OF COURSE I DON'T HAVE MY INSTALLATION DISCS HANDY (I moved from the US to Scotland for a two-year MFA program in Glasgow) -> It's pretty much going to be impossible to get the discs any time soon. They're sitting in a random box somewhere in storage in my parents' basement.

I just tried running the uninstaller (that was on the old hard drive) for just "Adobe Flash CS4" as I don't really use it... and instead of deleting it off the old drive - it removed it from my new hard drive. I now can't run it off the old drive either.

so is there ANY way I can get around this? I mean - my old computer has ceased to exist. I can't just run the programs from my old HD (I just tried - and I still get the warning message) and I don't want to pay out the wazzoooo for Cs5 (you can't can't even just pay to "add a new license" - I just tried, it just leads me to the purchase Cs5 page)

and after buying a freaking new computer, I don't have the money to really go out and buy super expensive software...

HELP!!!!!!!!