CS4 "licensing ... has stopped working" on Mac, error 150:30

We have an early 2009 iMac with CS4 installed in 2010. CS4 including Photoshop no longer loads. We now get the message, "Licensing for this product has stopped working" and a reference to error 150:30. We just want to get another year or two out of this computer with disk- not cloud-based Adobe CS. It now runs OS X Mavericks but the error message came up before the upgrade with Mountain Lion. We have the original HDD.
It's also annoying that Adobe says "we want to help in any way we can" but that turns out to be: go to the online forum. No chat with Adobe let alone phone support. This is one case where we wouldn't mind paying a couple dollars for the right answer the first time.

You can get to Web Chat:
Adobe ID, sign in, and account help
Click on the "Still Need Help?" link and you'll have that option.

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