Photoshop CS2 Registering

I have a legitimate copy of Photoshop CS2 but yet I now cannot use it. Being as the registration servers are now not registering this product I am informed that my CD is no longer of any use and I have to download a version which does not need registration from this page of Adobe's web site:-
http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/creative-suite-2-activation-end-life.htm l
I suppose that's fair enough, but now it seems I can only download this version if I live in the USA.
When I click on stage 2 of stage 2 (Download and install CS2 applications) where I select the language (English), an application page appears in which I cannot change the Country / Region. The default setting is United States and I am then asked to select a State ….. but I don't live the US of A! These are required fields.
Am I missing something here? Shall I just eeny-meeny-miny-moe a state and put my UK post code in? Will that work?
Richard

Thanks Trevor, quote:-
"It also feels just plain wrong that the top of the page that link takes you to asks you to choose from 16 different languages. That doesn’t gel with a USA only option to download the file."
That's exactly what I thought at first but then on the other hand all those langauges are probably spoken in the USA.
I've gone through it with a fine tooth comb and I just cannot see what I'm missing. I've uninstalled Photoshop, I go to stage 2 (Download and install CS2 applications) and stage 2 of that stage asks me to choose a language, I click on English and get a form to fill in. When I get down to Country/ Region there is no choice, I cannot choose my country. It is set at United States and I cannot see any choice to go to a British version of that page.
Perhaps everyone from other countries have just picked a state at random, put in their own post code and it has worked, I don't know.

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