Cannot activate Adobe 9.0 as I forgot to Deactivate when uninstalling on old PC

Martyn Brown: Hi team, I have uninstalled Adobe Acrobat 9.0 extended from an old PC and did not 'deactivate' it and so now I have it on my new PC, I can't activate it.
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I cannot access my old PC to install and deactivate and so the 'help' section suggests that I contact you.
Never post a serial number on a public forum.
Message was edited by: Peter Spier

OK, I was able to access my previous PC (where I uninstalled but did NOT Deactivate).
I installed Adboe Acrobat 9.0.
On trying to Deactivate, it states that it cannot connect to Adobe (just like my issue on previous post on a second, older, PC) so there is definitely something wrong with things on the Adobe side of things.
I've checked all the obviousl things like my interenet connection, proxies, firewalls etc. etc. but the issue still exists.
I've 'repaired' and updated to latest version on older PC but it still won't Deactivate.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated so I can get my current, new PC back up and running with Acrobat 9.0 ready to update it.
Thanks,
Martyn

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