Photoshop CS1 Activation on Windows 8

I have a copy of Photoshop CS1 which I have used for many years. I installed Windows 8 on my machine yesterday, and therefore had to reinstall PS CS. It would not activate, and when I rang up Customer Support, they told me that because they don't officially support Windows 8, they won't give me an activation code. The frustrating part is that under the 30-day grace period, the software currently runs, and is working flawlessly on my Windows 8 machine!!! I am therefore in the position where I am being told that I can't run my legitimately purchased software simply because they won't give me a code to activate it. Clearly I'm more than a little frustrated by this, so I'd appreciate any help people can provide as to how I get this software activated.
Cheers.

What is your history with Photoshop CS? If you deactivated it on your prior machines upon retiring them, you should have 2 activations left.
I happen to agree with you that Adobe needs to continue to provide activation support for every version they have shipped, however ancient, as long as it can work. I'm just wondering whether they're implying that Windows 8 is not actually capable of supporting activation of Photoshop CS.
Did they refuse to do anything, or did they try something then you found it still wouldn't activate?
-Noel

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