Deactivaton Problems with Contribute CS4

I need to know how to deactivate adobe contribute cs4. I've tried searching and the only advice I have been given is to click 'Help -> Deactivate'. That's all well and good, but when I open contribute there is not a help button, or the normal toolbar you get on most programs.
My situation:
I use this program for work, so I initially installed it on my works computer (Registration 1). However, the program does not work on this computer for an unknown reason (adobe have been unable to help me). So I then installed it on my personal laptop at home (Registration 2). It worked fine. However, I then got a new computer. So I unistalled contribute from my laptop and installed it on my new computer (Registration 3). Now, this works fine too. However, it has stopped letting me use it because I have too many registrations so I need to know how to
1) Remove the registration from the copy on my work computer and
2) Remove the registration from a computer that I no longer have (and that no longer has the program installed)
Any help you can give me is much appreciated. As I type, I have the phone cocked under my ear. I've been on hold to adobe for 26 minutes so far, so I am not expecting a quick response from them.
They were quick enough to take my payment for the product though. No half hour wait on the phone THEN. But that's another issue!

You may be more likely to get help with this issue if you ask in the Adobe Photoshop forum:
http://forums.adobe.com/community/photoshop/photoshop_macintosh
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