Says my serial number is invalid

downloaded and installed but my serial number is invalid?

calebmaddox wrote:
its the serial number they gave me in the email and when i try to type it in in the software it says its invalid.... plus this one i bought says windows and i am on a mac.... could that have something to do with it? there was no mac version.
Yep.  It looks like they gave you for the wrong operating system.  This is a very common mistakes made recently by Adobe.  You need to contact them using this link:
<Contact Customer Care>
Explain to them that you have a MAC and NOT Windows and they gladly deactivate that serial number after checking that it hasn't been used and issue a new one.

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