UNinstalling CS3 Design Premium Windows 7

I have CS3 installed on a second drive on my Windows Desktop - I am getting a fault warning - You cannot use this product at this time. You must uninstall and then re-install your software before continuing. Contact your IT administrator or Adobe if the problem continues.
As this software is not on C Drive it does appear, that I can use the Control Panel on windows to uninstall. Neither the uninstall function within the Adobe Setup Folder seems to work either.
So I tried installing straight to the C Drive - it is now recognised on both C & G Drive, asks me for the Serial Number (duplicates that serial across both locations), but denies access because I have installed too many times with this serial number. I could deactivate, but once I uninstall the second copy on C drive, the orginal problem exists so I cannot even open a CS3 application to deactivate through the Adobe Help Menu (let alone uninstall this copy)
Any suggestions???

You botched it for whatever reason. Call support to reset activations, run the Creative Cloud Cleaner Tool and then manually delete the old install.
Mylenium

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