Tried to install CS4 from DVD on windows 7 computer but serial number is not accepted

Have new PC with Windows 7 and want to install from DVD my CS4 application.
At stage where to enter the serial number it stops me as the serail number is not recognized, and yet it is 100% correct.
How can I overcome this problem?

Thank you Kglad for your support....
However it didn't get me what I wanted... to install my CS4...
Finaly I got it done however, and that may be of my unawareness of the download.
1> When downloading the files, one file has the extension. . 7z.
2> After downloading that file it is shown as a document file in my download directory.... I didn't know how to go about it..
3> Finally I got bright and checked on the internet what a . 7z file is and found that it is a zipped file in open source.
4> I downloaded the 7.Zip zipper software and ran that on the subject file
5> Guess what........ this opened the files and I proceeded to installCS4 without a flaw.
I am responding extensively to your kind reaction in the hope someone else, as me not so computer literate/smart,
will not loose several days to overcome this issue.
To contact Adobe Chat is also not constantly possible, so we were just waiting and waiting.
Adobe really should improve their support but maybe they are not interested much, as they may prefer to sell you their CLOUD solution.
Thank you for bearing with me.//Ko

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