CS2 will not open in Windows 7

     I am trying to open (my registered) CS2 in Windows 7 and get the following error message:
You are not allowed to continue because  your account does not have the proper privileges. Please log in using an  account with administrator privileges and try again.
I don't know how to do that, and when I called Adobe, they told me Win7 did not support CS2. Can someone talk me thru a solution?
Thank you.

I just had to let you know that with your help, I have CS2 up and running.
The path to the "Run as Administrator" was a little different. There was no
CS2 icon, but I found what I needed by right-clicking the setup.exe icon.
Thank you SO much. This was a puzzle to many people who gave up thinking
that because the CS2 and Win7 are not officially compatible, that it
couldn't work.
I toast you! Clink!
Sharron Lamb

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