Mother board replaced, but now software (CS2) needs re-activation..

Hi guys, feel free to tell me if this is the wrong place to talk about this, but i recently asked for help about the mini not turning on.
(The story behind request - below)
(Well that was a faulty motherboard, THEN my screen wouldnt talk to the mini when i got home! cos they had tested it with a different screen and wouldnt you know it, i had wireless keyboard and mouse, so i wasnt able to hold down any buttons on startup to reset the screen preferences! So i took it back to the shop and got that fixed. But when i got home, my keyboard and mouse werent working. So i bought a mac keyboard and a mighty mouse, but they didnt work, so i rang up the mac guys and talked for a while and i relalised that my usb hub had broken and just by being plugged in to my mini, the other accessories were being ********! Like it was draining the usb power. i returned the unneeded mighty mouse, So that was the end of that fiasco.)
But when i tried to get back to work, it wanted me to activate the creative suite again.
What do i do if this (my second computer) needs reactivation? If i put in the codes, will it mess around with my other computer?
Do i need to reload the programme? or deactivate my second copy over the net before reactivating?
Do you guys have any clues?
Or is the wrong place to be asking?
sincerely Paul

it turns out that i didnt need to load anything at all! i hadnt gotten past the initial dialogue talking about activation because i hadnt wanted to start anything i couldnt finish. But as soon as i hit "activate", it sent off the codes originally put in and bingo, it was over.
So really it shouldnt say "activate" it should say "verify" shouldnt it? it causes confusion that way.
Thanks for support.
Keep up the good work.

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