Reinstall my CS5 master collection education

Hi!
23 Feb, 2011 i purcased the CS5 master collection, edu, as i work in the goverment education.
I have my serial in "my adobe", and as i have dowloaded (as i see in the forums) the right version from http://prodesigntools.com/all-adobe-cs5-direct-download-links.html
i get "This serial number is not valid for this product" when installing.
The file i dowload from prodesigntools.com is named "MasterCollection_CS5_LS4.dmg" and have size 10.17 GB
Could this have something to do as i have an edu serial? See attached picture.
Please help, i need to use my CS5.
Goran

You need to contact Adobe Support either by chat or via phone when you have serial number and activation issues.
Here are some links to help make contact:
http://www.adobe.com/support/chat/ivrchat.html
http://www.adobe.com/support/download-install/supportinfo/

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@rem Author: Jim Michaels
@rem Created: 9/27/2014
@rem Version: 1.0
@rem Abstract: removes cs5 and commonly-used adobe products from windows
@rem if I could get the uninstaller location, I would do the uninstall automatically.
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if /i @%1@ equ @--help@ goto help
if /i @%1@ equ @-help@ goto help
if /i @%1@ equ @/help@ goto help
if /i @%1@ equ @--h@    goto help
if /i @%1@ equ @-h@     goto help
if /i @%1@ equ @/h@     goto help
if /i @%1@ equ @--?@    goto help
if /i @%1@ equ @-?@     goto help
if /i @%1@ equ @/?@     goto help
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if /i @%1@ equ @-acrobat-root-dir@ (
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if /i @%1@ equ @/acrobat-root-dir@ (
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@echo adobe creative suite 5 master collection
@echo adobe community help
@echo adobe media player
@echo adobe reader
@echo adobe air
@echo adobe flash player 15 Activex
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rd /s /q "%APPDATA%\Adobe"
rd /s /q "%LOCALAPPDATA%\Adobe"
rd /s /q "%APPDATA%\..\LocalLow\Adobe"
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rd /s /q "C:\Users\All Users\Adobe"
rd /s /q "%temp%\adobe"
rd /s /q "%tmp%\adobe"
if @%adobeRoot%@ neq @@ rd /s /q %adobeRoot%
if @%cs5Root%@   neq @@ rd /s /q %cs5Root%
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if @%adobeRoot%@ neq @@ rd /s /q %adobeRoot%
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"adobe-cs5-reg-remove.reg"
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