Photoshop fails to open

I have just installed CS2 as I had to uninstall my old (legal) version because of lack of support . Everything went smoothly until I attempted to load PS at which point I got the message "Your Adobe PS user name/ organization or serial number is missing or invalid. The application cannot continue & must now exit" I run Mac OS 10.6.8. on a macbook Any ideas?

Hi HesterThomas,
Adobe has disabled the activation server for CS2 products, including Acrobat 7, because of a technical issue.
Please refer the following CS2 download & serial number as part of download.
The serial numbers provided as a part of the download may only be used by customers who legitimately purchased CS2 or Acrobat 7 and need to maintain their current use of these products.
https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=cs2%5Fdownloads
Hope this helps.
Please let me know if you any other question.
Regards,
Sumit Singh

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