Trying to re-install ID CS2

I'm trying to install ID CS2. I experienced the same problem as another poster--it unexpectedly quit immediately upon launching. I logged into my testing account, trashing prefs, but that didn't help. Now I want to re-install it. I followed most of the uninstall instructions, but since I also have a buch of CS3 apps on my machine, I'm a little wary of getting rid of some of the items it's instructing me to remove in the Library. But now I'm stuck: when I run the installer, I can't choose InDesign to install it (the name is grayed out and I can't check the box).
Help!

One other option to consider although I must admit I have never tested it is VMWare's Fusion software. They do allow you to virtualize Mac OS on Mac OS. I believe the intention was to be able to run Leopard on Snow Leopard. I'm not sure if Parallels offers the same functionality I can't find any documentation to support or deny it. But if an OS update broke CS2, you could run a virtual environment. Of course you would need another license and the only way to do that at this point would be to upgrade to SL and risk your CS3 installation and run CS2 in a virtual Mac environment. And everything I can find seems to suggest the 10.5.8 and 10.6 versions both have issues with InDesign CS2 4.0.5. Not that this helps you, but if you go the virtual route you know where to stop now. And to answer an obvious question that may come up, there is no way without a backup to downgrade from 10.5.8 to 10.5.7.

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Frank, not sure if this is quite your problem, but there is a known issue with Photoshop CS2 and Intel based macs after the last security update. If you install Photoshop CS2 then the computer will no longer boot properly.
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i tried to install InDesign CS2 Upgrade from the original CD-Rom on a new PC with WIN7 64-bit.
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