HELP!!! Can't uninstall expired indesign CS3 trial...

I'm running Vista, I tried "uninstall/change" from the programs and features control panel, I get this error: "component removal failed". I downloaded and ran the indesign update because apparently there were some patches for the installer... But that didn't work either, I'm still getting the same error.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.

If that doesn't work, you might want to try the CS3 Clean Script, which is designed for removing beta & prerelease versions, but would probably remove the trail as well. Be careful, though, because it will probably also remove other Adobe products you might want.
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb402767&sliceId=2
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