InDesign CS3 will not open

WinXPsp3 - Dell GX620 1 GB Ram - InDesign CS3 v5.0.4
Welcome window - starting up, executing, Initializing, Completing
Then Error window
Adobe InDesign CS3: InDesign.exe - Bad Image
The application or DLL C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe InDesign CS3\Plug-ins\DICTIONARIES\LILO\LILO.APLN is not a valid Windows image. Please check this against your installation diskette.
CS3 has worked for 2 years so why and how to fix.
Thankyou J.

I did a system restore on my system (Windows XP Pro) and cannot open Indesign CS3. When I tried the following error message appeared:
"The licensing subsystem has failed catastrophically. You must reinstall or call customer support."
I tried some of the suggestions here:
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb402004
Indesign CS3 will not open so I cannot deactivate. The instructions say if you have an entire Suite installed, then you only need to deactivate from one application. But I cannot find deactivate anywhere in the other apps. Without deactivating, I cannot uninstall to reinstall.
There was no FLEXnet Licensing Service showing in services.
I tried renaming the FlexNet folder.
tried moving the cache.db file.
After trying these suggestions I now get the error:
"You cannot use this product at this time. You must repair the problem by uninstalling and then reinstall this product or contact Adobe customer support for help."
What next?

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