Trial CS4 Install Help

Hi there,
I'm trying to install the trial version of Fireworks CS4 on my laptop.
I keep on getting the error message "Please insert CD".  I've Googled this problem, and one sugestion was to delete the "<Media></Media>" tags in the Setup.xml file.  Tried that, but still no luck.  Tried uninstalling the Flash player plugins as well, but still nothing.  Not sure what to do about this one.
Laptop specifications - Windows 7, 4GB Ram, 500GB hard drive space, brand new!
Thanks
Douglas

Problem solved.  My laptop came with Adobe Reader pre-installed.  I uninstalled that and bingo, it worked.  Why do I always end up answering my own questions?!

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