Illustrator CS6 is saying I have an invalid Serial Number

It installed fine. I have it running on another computer so I don't see how it's invalid. I copied the serial number from My Adobe Products section.

So I think this has been figured out. A very helpful person at Adobe assisted me via phone, and it looks like I need to install the Creative Cloud for desktop. She clearly stated the steps and it is going as described.
So, for anyone else who has a creative cloud app subscription (mine is a single-app membership for Illustrator), note that you need to have the Creative Cloud for desktop app installed to enter your serial number for another adobe product you have already installed. I had incorrectly downloaded and installed Illustrator without using the Creative Cloud app. However, the creative cloud app is now updating my version of CS 6 and should now sync with my SN for Illustrator.
Thanks again Larry and Monika.

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