Upgrade to Photoshop CS3

According to [this website|http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLear nMore=TM717LL/A], the upgrade to Adobe Photoshop CS3 requires a serial number. Unfortunately I have not used my version of Photoshop CS in a couple years and I have lost all documentation (the serial number and who it was registered too) and the box. But I opened it today and on the About section and there was two lines of words (1 and 2) and then what looked like a serial number:
So can you verify the long jumble of numbers is in fact my serial number? If it is not, how can I obtain it (I lost my box)? And also can you identify what 1 and 2 are?
Thanks so much in advance for your help!
-thealexness

*"So can you verify the long jumble of numbers is in fact my serial number?"*
Yes it is a serial number, but not the complete serial number. This is done for security purposes.
*"how can I obtain it"*
Call Adobe. Or, if anyone knows how you maybe be able to extract the complete number you'd find them on Adobe's own discussion forum, as Photoshop is not an Apple product, and your question is not anything Mac related.
http://www.adobeforums.com
*"And also can you identify what 1 and 2 are?"*
Well, no, because you blurred it out. But it's most likely the name of person and the company it's registered to
Why don't you just install CS3 and point it to your version of CS when it asks for it or a serial number?

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