Cannot activate elements 10, my other computers crashed

Hi can someone help me with activation of ps elements 10. called call center waited for an hour and nothing accomplished. I read that they have to reset the backend servers as adobe allows only two activation. really frustrated. thanks.

Only activation support can fix this:
http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/activation-deactivation-products.html
There's a place down the page where you can start a chat session and they'll take care of it.

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