Error 150:30 License Expired. Mac OS X & CS4 and Time Machine

Hi,
My old Macbook Pro just died and I bought a new Macbook Air. When setting up the Air, I installed everything on the computer from a back up harddrive using Time Machine. Everything on the new computer transfered perfectly except for my Adobe Creative Suite CS4. Everytime I want to open a pdf in Acrobat or an image in Photoshop it give me an Error 150:30 License Expired. I know this license is not expired as I bought full creative suite upfront years ago. It was directly from Adobe and I was sent the package of DVDS. I have since lost the box they came in (****!) and therefore dont have the license number. Is there any other way of looking up this information? ORRRRR is there any way to uninstall and then reinstall from that backup where it won't give me the error message. On one forum I saw that this is a common problem when rebooting a computer from Time Machine, but there was no solution given. Can anyone here give me a better answer? Thank you!

Here's the answer. It works. Just carefully follow the instructions. You will be using Terminal to run the python script for 10.7 and above.
http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/error-licensing-stopped-mac- os.html#main_Solution_2__Run_the_License_Repair_Tool

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I just got myself a new Imac with OS X Maverick and set it up using a time-machine-backup. My Adobe CS4 now has a Problem with the license and shows me error: 150:30?
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chris

Thanks a lot for your help......everything back to normal after reeinstallation.
chris
Am 29.09.2014 um 23:28 schrieb John Waller <[email protected]>:
Error 150:30 after restoring CS4 from Time Machine backup
created by John Waller in Adobe Creative Cloud - View the full discussion
Do I need to uninstall CS4 and reinstall?
Unfortunately yes.
Also run the Cleaner Tool prior to reinstalling
Use the CC Cleaner Tool to solve installation problems | CC, CS3-CS6
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