Activation problems for cs2

whenever i go to activate my copy of photoshop, an error message pops up. "An error has occured while trying to begin activation. Please make sure you have administrator priveleges and try again. If you continue to experience this problem, try reinstalling the application."
I tried reinstalling; didn't work. Also, I'm the administrator.. so I'm not too sure what to do. Help?

You may be logged in the computer as administrator but you still need to run the software as administrator. Right click on the icon, choose propertise, click on compatibility tab and select run as administrator. Also you have to be hooked up to the internet to activate the software.
yokv wrote:
whenever i go to activate my copy of photoshop, an error message pops up. "An error has occured while trying to begin activation. Please make sure you have administrator priveleges and try again. If you continue to experience this problem, try reinstalling the application."
I tried reinstalling; didn't work. Also, I'm the administrator.. so I'm not too sure what to do. Help?

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To: Adobe.com
From: Paul Sacca
[email protected]
Subject: CS2 Premium
To Whomever it Concerns,
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