Cant instal CS5 upgrade as cant instal CS2 as registration no longer accepted by adobe

How do you instal CS5 upgrade when I cant instal CS2 because Adobe doesn't recognise serial code as no longer supported Adobe gave me site link to download CS2 but the serial code provided isn't valid to instal CS5 upgrade
How can I get myself up and running again after hardware failure
If someone can help or post link to customer service as this seems to have disappeared from Adobe site also
Thanks

Thanks for reply
Customer services got me up and running again Did what you said but 
CS2 serial no no longer recognized as no longer supported by Adobe 
Customer support gave me number to enter and got me going again
Thanks again for your help
Anthony

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