Acrobat 7 Standard-- Issues with Making it Work

As other people already mentioned, I am getting the "Error: Activation Server Unavailable" message. I went to the Adobe help pages, and I already tried uninstalling and reinstalling the version I have (Acrobat 7 Standard) from the download link provided on adobe.com. When I open the file and try to install it, it asks me for my serial number. When I put in my serial number, it says it is NOT VALID and will not let me go any further. What the heck?! I am putting in EXACTLY what it says on the CD case I bought many years ago, and it worked fine for years. Now it simply refuses to work with the serial number I have, and it is VERY FRUSTRATING. I have the Microsoft Vista OS. HELP!

Thanks Mylenium, you're awesome! That was such a simple fix! The help people over live chat (ack!) couldn't even figure that out! I had gotten logged out of my account for some reason while going back and forth between forums and help pages, so I couldn't see the serial numbers posted when I went back to the download page! I just assumed I could use the one I had since I didn't see any other ones! Thanks again!

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