Serial # Issue

Question

OK, my copy of CS4 did come from eBay, but it seems to be legit. I am running Vista Home Premium with plenty of RAM and HD space.
When I install Photoshop, either from the DVD or download, and enter my serial # it gives me the green check mark and brings me to the registration screen. I fill it out, and it then brings me into PS.
Now, when I close PS and restart, it again asks for a serial #. I enter the same number again and I get a red "X" and have to use a 30 day trial option.
What is going on? Anyone ever have this problem?
Thanks,
CP

Answer 1

Yes. By ALL MEANS      blame for me too many activations, error's in installation on the all different possible processor architecture configurations make installing any kind of software tricky. I unloaded, ran a cleanup utility and reinstalled so many times, that I am plumb sick of you people. No,. it will not activate over the internet, and because you know have no tech support personnel because you decided to screw a whole town of employees out of a job, and left thousands of kids with ACE certificates and no jobs to pay for those student loans, your tech department that was remaining walked out.
  Yes, I have uninstalled and reinstalled too many times, so it has to be done over the phone, Friday I was on hold from the minute they opened until 1 pm, when I had to leave to go to the Dr. I had opened flash and activated it with assistance from one of your no wage employees, but he did not do it right, bit surprise there right?
  So know I have to activate every program in the master collection. No one will call me back, you ever heard of Caterpillar Corp. Link Belt, Terex Cranes, Grove Cranes, JWG Granes, Guifree Bros. Cranes? As of 3 pm Friday, when I returned from the doctor, the license to right the firmware for the anti two block safety device, was changed from Adobe to Corel. I made one simple phone call and lost over 80 software engineers their jobs in Redding Ca.
  If Adobe will not answer the phone, will not call a person back, then I will jerk my permission for the copyrighted software that belongs to me. When customer complain big damned deal, but just wait until they have the four largest machinery manufacturers in the world screaming down their back. There is nothing adobe can ever do to get that back either. NOTHING
  So they are I a period of transition bit deal, what they mean is they are giving our jobs to people who cannot speak American English, and yes, there is one hell of a big difference, I am going to get a tape recorder and put on it, WHAT, and I'M SORRY I CANNOT UNDERSTAND YOU, OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.  ALL I do when I hear from you people is get mad. Since July 6th of this year, you have been screwing me around, I have spent hours on the phone, hours.
  I was desperately trying to avoid a deadline, well it didn't work, and now I am a week behind, and it has only cost me over $4000 so far, because of that problem. I have a brand new box of web premium, that I guess I am going to have to sue Adobe to get my money back, it does not work on a 64 bitx86 platform, and yes I did turn all the **** off. There are now so many different motherboard configurations and processor architecture designs, that Adobe and Microsoft both agree that there is a big problem, but neither of you will do anything about it. I want you to go the NM Attorney general's web page, and click on the consumer protection law, and also read the statute on the Lemon Laws, I could screw you people around big time, it could cost you over a million dollars In fines alone. I would urge the judge to impose that level of sanction.
  And don't write to me if you do not have something intelligent to say, I am not a stupid soccer mom.