Activating CS3 when past registration died with computer

I have a valid copy of CS3 that I have been using on and off for a long time. The computer it was on recently died.
I installed it on a new to me computer and it is saying no registrations left - must unregister other activations. There are no other computers running this copy of the seriel number. Please help! I have work I must get done!

contact adobe support and request an activation count reset, http://www.adobe.com/support/chat/ivrchat.html

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