Flash cs3 trial not validating

Hello all,
MX4 licensee here trying to install flash cs3.
tried on two separate partitions on the same machine...same
result......a message saying that there is a problem loading the
trial version...and I cannot get past that to even open the
program.
my workstation has no known issues......
what, please, do I need to do?
thanks.

yes, thanks...I did.
I see now that this problem has been around since 2007...many
users registering this complaint.
I cannot see buying hundreds of dollars worth of upgrades if
I cannot even get the trial version to load......would like to and
am inclined to...but not this way.....
any other thoughts?
thanks

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