I get this error: Suite Product Activation Needed

Suite Product Activation Needed
you: "Adobe Acrobat was installed as part of a suite. To enable Adobe Acrobat, please start another component of this suite ( such as Adobe Photoshop)"
Running Adobe Creative Suite 4 on Windows 7
I have tried:
1) Uninstalling and re installing
2) Adobe Acrobat license repair tool
These have not worked.
Are there any other steps required to take ?
Thank you Graham

When I try that, I get a choice of deactivating permanently or in suspension. I have tried suspending activation but that seems to have no effect. I can continue to use Photoshop normally. I am reluctant to try permanent deactivation without a more complete understanding of what happens next. If I were to deactivate permanently, my suspicion is that, when I next opened Photoshop, there would be no option to Activate and I would be left with a dead Photoshop product and still no Acrobat.
Also you talk about the original suggestion. Where is that suggestion made?

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