Final Cut Studio keeps requesting my serial

I've had Final Cut Studio installed on my computer for 2 years and it was registered and had worked fine all this time, but all of the sudden, all of the programs have started asking me to re-enter the serial number to use them. As the installation was done 2 years ago (and I've moved 3 times in that time span), the original documentation is nowhere to be found. I haven't tried to upgrade or move the software to another computer
I have a Final Cut Pro System ID file in my ProApps folder, and much of the responses to other forum issues have talked about moving that file or doing something else to it. My question is can I extract my original serial number from that file?
I'm not using a pirated copy, it is a legitimate copy that I got when I was back in college.
Message was edited by: jgeyer

Yes, I can confirm that Apple were VERY good when it came to providing me with a 'replacement' serial number. They throughly checked that I did actually buy original product which luckily was from the Apple Store so they had a record... people who bought from a 3rd party might have a bit more trouble.
HVXuser

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