Trying to install CS3 on my old PowerPC Mac

Ive put in my serial in photoshop CS3, and went to go activate it and im over my activation limit. I cant deactivate it on any machine since i am installing it on this machine fresh from reformatting the hard drive. I tried calling adobe and of course since the software is outdated, so is telephone support to try and get the activation code. I either need the code or figure out how to bypass the activation in the next 19 days or im SOL. It took me forever just to hit “contact support” since adobe’s website kept crashing my old safari browser.
HELP!

gener7 wrote:
…Explained the problem and they reset my number of activated copies…
Gene, here's a Chat transcript to warm the cockles of your heart:
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Subject: Transcript of your chat
For additional help, reach us at http://helpx.adobe.com/contact.html
General Info
Chat start time Nov 5, 2014 12:37:47 AM EST
Chat end time Nov 5, 2014 12:52:39 AM EST
Duration (actual chatting time) 00:14:51
Operator Tajinder
Chat Transcript
info: Thank you for your patience.While you wait, you can try our community forums <http://forums.adobe.com/index.jspa?promoid=JOPCT> where experts are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
info: You are now chatting with Tajinder.
Tajinder: Hello! Welcome to Adobe Technical Support. How may I assist you?
Tajinder:
Yours Truly: Hello Tajinder.
Tajinder: Hello! Welcome to Adobe Technical Support. How may I assist you?
Tajinder:
Tajinder: Hello! Welcome to Adobe Technical Support. How may I assist you?
Yours Truly: I need to Deactivate one of my Photoshop CS4 installs. My Macbook drive died and i want to install it on my Mac Pro
Tajinder: Sure,Could you tell me what is the error you have while installing ?
Yours Truly: Deactivate the Photoshop CS4 installed on my Mac Book please
Yours Truly: I have no error. READ carefully.
Yours Truly: II need the installed copy DEACTIVATED it.!
Yours Truly: Good grief! What is the matter with you?
Tajinder: Please try to install the product if you have any issue i will help you as we do not have any option to deactivate the product.
Yours Truly: Essentially, I have one copy of Ps CS4 on a G5 and want to install the other one on a Mac Pro.
Yours Truly: OK, it's like talking to a bloody brick Wall. You must be a robot, not a human being.
Yours Truly: What time is it in India right now? Maybe I can call at another time when you have more staff on duty.
Tajinder: Its 11.20 am now.Also we do not have support for cs4 products.
Yours Truly: It is NOT tech support, for god's sake. It's deactivating one of my copies, and that is a task only you can perform.
Yours Truly: I'm willing to escalate this all the way Tajinder, your service is unacceptable.
Tajinder: I can understand your issue but we do not have any option to deactivate the product you can deactivate the product on you end.
Tajinder: Open the product if its installed then click on help and deactivate the product .
Yours Truly: Only YOU can deactivate an installed copy that is no longer . Don't be an IDIOT, I cannot access the product because the hard drive is DEAD!
Yours Truly: The application will be installed in an entirely different Mac.
Tajinder: In this case please try to install the product,If you have any issue i can help you to fix .
Yours Truly: OK, I give up, Will do.
Yours Truly: Be back to you later. Have a good lunch!
info: Your chat transcript will be sent to [station_two]@gmail.com at the end of your chat.
Tajinder: Thank you for contacting Adobe. Good Bye!
Tajinder: Yours Truly
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In desperation I went ahead and installed CS4 on the Mac Proi anyway, and the installation and activation were successful anyway.
Go figure

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