Received the error 'The licensing subsystem has failed catastrophically', now will not reinstall.

I have gone through these help files and still cannot get the product to work again.
The problem came out of the blue and I received the message, 'The licensing subsystem has failed catastrophically' I then did what was said and I uninstalled and then reinstalled but it froze.
I then followed this advice...
Use the CC Cleaner Tool to solve installation problems | CC, CS3-CS6
but it only installs 2 components (Acrobat and Share Components).
I then saw this this ...
Error: "The licensing subsystem has failed catastrophically." when you start a Creative Suite 3.x application
The FLEXnet component keeps stopping. Even though I keep starting it, it just stops 1 minute later.
Have Adobe 'revoked' the serial number so that it no longer works?
I have tried installing from both the disc and from download but no joy.
My PC specs...
Windows 8.1
AMD A10-6800k APU
64-bit Operating System
Thanks for looking.

Today I cleaned again and tried to install - same error. Uninstalled and cleaned again... Found the log :
=== Logging stopped: 13/02/2015 20:37:28 ===
1: 2 2: 0
1: 2 2: 1
Uninstall attempt returned: 0.
Cleanup returned: success
Cleanup for Product Code: {AC76BA86-1033-0000-7760-000000000003} Completed.
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:28 2015]
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:28 2015] :: Cleaning-up left over inventories ::
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:28 2015] Atleast one Non-RIBS Inventory : False, Atleast one AAMRef: False
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:28 2015] ::Start:: Removing AUM contents
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:28 2015] Deleting registry root:HKLM key:Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run value:AdobeAAMUpdater-1.0
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:28 2015] Exception during deleting key : (2, 'RegDeleteValue', 'The system cannot find the file specified.')
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:28 2015] Deleting registry root:HKLM key:Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run value:ADOBE_UPDATER_STARTUP_UTILITY
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:28 2015] Exception during deleting key : (2, 'RegDeleteValue', 'The system cannot find the file specified.')
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:28 2015] Deleting scheduled task : AdobeAAMUpdater-1.0-STUDY-Derek Sewell
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:28 2015] Executing command: schtasks /delete /TN "AdobeAAMUpdater-1.0-STUDY-Derek Sewell" /F
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:28 2015] ERROR: The system cannot find the file specified.
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:28 2015] Deleting scheduled task : AdobeUpdater Task-STUDY-Derek Sewell
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:28 2015] Executing command: schtasks /delete /TN "AdobeUpdater Task-STUDY-Derek Sewell" /F
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:28 2015] ERROR: The system cannot find the file specified.
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:28 2015] Warning: Failed to remove file,folder trying again
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:28 2015] Warning: Failed again to remove file,folder
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:28 2015] Warning: Failed to remove file,folder trying again
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:28 2015] Warning: Failed again to remove file,folder
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:28 2015] ::Finish:: Removing AUM contents
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:28 2015] ::Start:: Removing OOBE
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:28 2015] Executing command "taskkill /F /FI "IMAGENAME eq AAM Updates Notifier.exe""
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] INFO: No tasks running with the specified criteria.
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] Warning: Failed to remove file,folder trying again
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] Warning: Failed again to remove file,folder
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] Warning: Failed to remove file,folder trying again
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] Warning: Failed again to remove file,folder
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] Warning: Failed to remove file,folder trying again
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] Warning: Failed again to remove file,folder
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] Warning: Failed to remove file,folder trying again
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] Warning: Failed again to remove file,folder
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] Warning: Failed to remove file,folder trying again
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] Warning: Failed again to remove file,folder
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] Warning: Failed to remove file,folder trying again
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] Warning: Failed again to remove file,folder
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] ::Finish:: Removing OOBE
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] Removing content of Product : CS5Installer, Version : CS5
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] File does not exist: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\caps\pdb.db
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] File does not exist: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\caps\Media_db.db
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] Warning: Failed to remove file,folder trying again
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] Warning: Failed again to remove file,folder
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] Warning: Failed to remove file,folder trying again
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] Warning: Failed again to remove file,folder
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] Warning: Failed to remove file,folder trying again
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] Warning: Failed again to remove file,folder
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] Warning: Failed to remove file,folder trying again
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] Warning: Failed again to remove file,folder
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] LOG FILE SAVED TO: C:\Users\DEREKS~1\AppData\Local\Temp\Adobe Creative Cloud Cleaner Tool.log
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] Adobe Creative Cloud Cleaner Tool completed successfully
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015]
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] *-*-*-*-*-*- ::START:: - SUMMARY OF Warnings -*-*-*-*-*-*
[Fri Feb 13 20:33:14 2015] DB does not exist at: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\caps\pdb.db
[Fri Feb 13 20:33:14 2015] DB does not exist at: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\caps\Media_db.db
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:28 2015] Warning: Failed to remove file,folder trying again
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:28 2015] Warning: Failed again to remove file,folder
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:28 2015] Warning: Failed to remove file,folder trying again
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:28 2015] Warning: Failed again to remove file,folder
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] Warning: Failed to remove file,folder trying again
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] Warning: Failed again to remove file,folder
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] Warning: Failed to remove file,folder trying again
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] Warning: Failed again to remove file,folder
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] Warning: Failed to remove file,folder trying again
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] Warning: Failed again to remove file,folder
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] Warning: Failed to remove file,folder trying again
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] Warning: Failed again to remove file,folder
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] Warning: Failed to remove file,folder trying again
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] Warning: Failed again to remove file,folder
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] Warning: Failed to remove file,folder trying again
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] Warning: Failed again to remove file,folder
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] Warning: Failed to remove file,folder trying again
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] Warning: Failed again to remove file,folder
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] Warning: Failed to remove file,folder trying again
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] Warning: Failed again to remove file,folder
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] Warning: Failed to remove file,folder trying again
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] Warning: Failed again to remove file,folder
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] Warning: Failed to remove file,folder trying again
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] Warning: Failed again to remove file,folder
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] *-*-*-*-*-*- :: END :: - SUMMARY OF Warnings -*-*-*-*-*-*
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] ---------------------------------------------------------
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=* :: End Session :: *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
[Fri Feb 13 20:37:29 2015] ---------------------------------------------------------

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