Lightroom 2.4 Always Prompting for Serial Number

Okay, earlier today I had trouble with the installation not completing after I put in my serial number. A kind person here suggested that I delete the version residing on my machine, download the 2.4 version off the web, and put in my serial number. That worked fine. I got the software up and running with no issues.
My problem now is that if I close and then relaunch, it prompts me for my serial number and registration information EVERY SINGLE TIME.
This is going to get old really quickly. Any suggestions?
MacBook Pro 2.66 GHz, 4GB 1067 mhz ddr3
Mac OSX 10.5.7
Lightroom 2.4
Thanks!

If you had a previous version it is the prefs file that is causing problems.Delete it. See here
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/404/kb404835.html
The open up LR, enter your licence number and all should be well.
See also
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/401/kb401346.html
This problem often occurs when people have downloaded a trial and then brought the software on CD. Rather than just entering the serial number in the downloaded version they un install and re install using the earlier version on the CD. If you did this then hopefully just deleting the prefs file will work, but if it doesn't you may have created other problems and although the second document refers to LR 1 I have seen reports that it also works with LR 2

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