Photoshop stopped working; error 150:30

Photoshop stopped working on my computer.  The dialogue box says "licensing for this product has stopped working; Error: 150:30."  What do I do?

OSX I presume. Follow the solution here - http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/error-licensing-stopped-mac-os.html.
Cheers,
Neale
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