Activating 30-Day Trial

I have just downloaded InDesign CS3 (v5.0) for Macintosh fromhttp://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=indesign&loc=en_us. I am on a Mac Mini Core Duo, 1.66 GHz with 2 GB RAM and 60 GB HD. After the installation of InDesign CS3, I launch the app, select the 30-day trial version option and get the following error:
"A problem was encountered while trying to load the trial period for Adobe InDesign CS3.
Click Quit to see if restarting your computer or reinstalling the software fixes the problem. Otherwise, click Continue to display a screen where you can enter a valid serial number to begin using the product without the trial".
Here are several things that I have implemented to try and remedy the problem with no success. Each time afterwards, I reinstalled from the download:
1. I went ahead and manually removed the preferences from every location that contained Adobe.
My local HD on the computer\Library\Application Support and then removed the Adobe folder to the trash.
My local HD on the computer\Library\Preferences\com.Adobe.InDesign.5.0.plist and then sent the file to the trash.
My local HD on the computer\my local home directory\Library\Application Support and then removed the Adobe folder to the trash.
My local HD on the computer\my local home directory\Library\Preferences and then removed the Adobe folder to the trash. Afterwards, I then reinstalled from the download as mentioned above.
2. The next thing I did, since I still ran into problems, was to run maintenance on my computer with utilities (eg MainMenu, Ice Clean etc.) to repair the permissions, rebuild LaunchServices, repair/rebuild PreBindings, clean User Cache, System Cache, Browser Cache, Browser History, Clean Font Cache, Remove corrupted Preferences, delete .DS_Store Files, Flush DNS Cache & Remove Temporary files. Afterwards I booted from & ran Disk Warrior. Reinstalled once again with no success to run the app.
3. I then went to the Support section, signed in and in the InDesign Support section under InDesign Knowledgebase searched for 30 day trial and Installation coming up with very little in the way of my specific problem here. What I have been able to find is the Script file to allow for automatic removal of Adobe apps on my computer through the Terminal console window. Again I then reinstalled from the download.
4. I now tried posting in this user to user forums my issue at the same time downloaded another copy of InDesign CS3 in the hopes that there are no issues with the copy of InDesign CS3 Mac that I have been installing from. Before reinstalling once again, I went through the same steps that I have described in Step 1 above.
I will post again if I still run into issues. Any suggestions on what to do if this install does not work as well.

It sounds like the trial was already run on the computer you only get one 30 day trial.

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