Activating Photoshop CS1?

I've had a Photoshop CS1 disc for quite a while. Just recently I tried to install it on my new laptop, but it wouldn't let me activate the program, saying the activation server was no longer available. I looked around on the Adobe website for solutions, but the only one I found was a download of Photoshop CS2 that didn't have to be activated. I tried downloading this, but the serial number I put in was invalid (I tried it both with and without dashes). I figure it's because the serial is from CS1, not CS2.
So is there any downloadable version of Photoshop CS1 available, similar to the CS2 one? Or any other way I can activate this program? I can't even use it without activation.
I'm running the program on Windows 7, by the way. The program worked fine when I first installed it, but I could only use it for thirty days before activation was required. Any help would be appreciated.

you must use the ps2 program and serial posted on adobe, http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/creative-suite-2-activation-end-life.htm l

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