CS3 Premium - Owned Copy Being Treated as Trial - Help? Adobe Won't Help for Less Than $39

I bought a copy of Creative Suite Design Premium a year-and-a-half ago. Today, when trying to bring up a .pdf file I got a window that informed me I couldn't open Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional unless I opened another Adobe product first. I opened Photoshop and got a window stating that my trial version ends in five days. I clicked "OK" to get it running again but don't want to be without Adobe resources in five days. I spoke with customer support who informed me that I would have to pay $39 for technical support. After providing my opinion on that subject I chose not to pay the money. That's another issue, so I won't vent here about it.
Can anyone tell me how to solve this problem?
Thanks,
Tim

Thanks for the reply, Mike. Other programs within the suite show only "deactivate" as a clickable choice. I assume that means the suite was activated. The Acrobat 8 program shows "Activate" but when following the arrow, shows only a grayed out "Active" "Deactive". Any advice on how to proceed?
Thanks,
Tim

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