Lost my activation for cs3

I recovered my laptop but forgot to deactivate my production premium cs3.
now i can't install it again because i need it on 2 other pc's as well and i lost that 3rd activation.
what can i do?

You're mistaken. There is no 3rd activation. All there ever was and will be are 2 activations. If you can't release activations yourself, call support.
Mylenium

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