Photoshop CS activation help needed

My desktop computer died and had to be replaced. I installed Photoshop CS and have had the world's worst nightmare trying to get it activated.
1. Attempts at on-line activation produce repeated messages that the on-line activation service is not available and suggests phone activaiton.
2. The automated phone activaiton system tells me it is unable to complete the activation and tells me to press a number to get phone help. Pressing that number gives you a recorded message saying that phone line help is no longer avaiable and sends you to www.adobe.com/go/activation.
3. www.adobe.com/go/activaiton automatically switches you to http://www.adobe.com/products/activation/, which then gives you a page not found message and leaves you on a page with no useful help.
How can I get a phone number that lets me reach a real live person who can help or a real email address that allows asking a quesiton from a real live person?
Argggggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Clay

I installed Photoshop CS and have had the world's worst nightmare trying to get it activated.
Not surprising really. The activation server was permanently decommissioned in 2012.
You now need to download a fresh, non-activation version of CS2 from Adobe and use the new serial number provided to license it without requiring activation. Your existing serial number will no longer work.
See http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/creative-suite-2-activation-end-life.htm l

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