Adobe Photoshop CS4 says license expired on first day of usage.

Downloaded Adobe Photoshop CS4 trial version yesterday(5/22) and install it today 5/23 on a new PC. When I tried to open it, it says license expired...anyone know why? I have uninstalled and re-installed and it says the same thing.

This Adobe knowledge Base article deals with the problem.
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/405/kb405970.html

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