Invalid Serial Number CS2

I get a pop up window that says Personalize your software and when I put in the serial number it says it is invalid. I haven't changed computers or done anything. I used the program on Wed and then on Friday I went to use it again and that is when it happened.
I have Windows XP and I called Adobe Support got told the same thing as allthe other feeds I have read, they don't support CS2, I use this every month for my job it is only on my computer and we are a non-profit Veterans organization so not a lot of money to be spending on replacing the program.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, I am not very computer literate so it you have any details or help please be specific as to what to do and where to go.
Thanks.
Peggy

We got it from CompUSA a few years ago, it is the full version,only 1 license and only my computer has it on it. The only thing I have done is update it as usual. Nothing on my computer has changed. Just the normal updates.I did update the CS2 also.
I was using it on Wednesday making changes to the newspaper we put out for the next issue and on Friday I get this popup box that says Personalize your Software and it asks for the Serial Number and when I put it in it says Invalid Serial Number. Ialso tried all the Serial Numbers that came with the CS2 I received the same answer to all of them.
No hardware changes.

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