After Effects 7.0 Professional activation failure

I have After Effects 7.0 Professional. I installed it, but the activation failed (error code 24:24).
Today I contacted Adobe about this issue and I got the answer they “do not have activation server available any more” and they “do not support download and installation issues for CS2 application since it is older version product now”. So, I have an expensive product I can't use. What could I do?

Error: Activation Server Unavailable | CS2, Acrobat 7, Audition 3
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