Adobe Photoshop CS3 will not run

I reloaded my windows xp 2005 (?) and tried to load my CS3 software. It will not even run. It has been suggested that the software can only be reloaded a certain number of times. I have reloaded this software 3-4 (?) times over the years. Is this the problem or is is something else?

Don't think there is a number of times you can re-install your program. You can only have 2 activated copies, so if you move to a different machine and don't deactivate on the old one it is still considered an activated copy.
But why would you uninstall and re-install your copy? THis rarely solves problems, espeically if you do not run the Adobe Script Cleaner. Also, the preference file is unchanged on a reinstall, so if there were errors in it before, they are still there.

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I used Windows Install Cleanup Utility to remove them.
I downloaded the CS3 Clear from Adobe and cleared at levels 1, 2, and 3.
I created the Administrator account on my computer and tried everything on the Administrator account.
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hello,
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Freier Speicher: 2912 MB
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Bildcache: 6
Seriennummer: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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