Is my "creative suite" too old to upgrade?

I bought the CS4 standard design suite upgrade for an educational version I bought 6-7 years ago. I told the online support guy I talked to that I didn't know what my version was called, but that I bought it as a suite and that InDesign was version 2. I have the suite in front of me now. It includes Photoshop 7.0, Illustrator 10, InDesign 2.0, and Acrobat 5.0. There is nothing on the box to indicate what the suite was called....just a black box with an Adobe logo.
Long story short I have "installed" the upgrade, entered the upgrade's serial number, and then run in to problems when it asks for my previous version's serial number. (1) Each disk has a separate number and (2) I don't know what the suite version is called. I called tech support and that guy said that I could pick anyone of them (of the CS names and of the serial numbers)and it wouldn't matter. No go. Also, I'm installing this on Vista 64...
I have not installed the previous version (my existing educational version) as the Vista 64 comp is brand new.
Any ideas? Do I have a non-upgradeable version? Have I wasted $600?
Thanks for any help

At the very least you should be able to return the version you bought, though that won't help much with the cost for the full suite.
Peter

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