Upgrade won't accept serial?

I just installed the new upgrade that became available yesterday and for some reason it asks for the serial number when I open any of the programs. I've been told this isn't supposed to happen, but it wouldn't be a problem if it would accept the serial number on my packaging. I really don't want to have to reinstall the entire suite. Especially since there is no uninstaller that would be a real pain. Has this happened to anyone else?
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Zach, when you installed FCS1 was it new or used? If it had a previous owner, then there's the possibility the # is in the public domain and the FCS2 upgrade has a built-in instruction not recognize the # as valid. I read that somewhere, but I don't know if it's true or not. If true, it could explain why your FCS2 number isn't being accepted.
I looked at some of your previous posts and saw a while back you were having a problem with QT. I think your best course of action is to wipe your MBP HD and do a clean install of the OS and all apps. Even tho I wasn't having any problems, I did that last week before I installed the FCS upgrade and everything is working like a charm. (You don't have to install FCS1. When you install the FCS2 upgrade, all you need to do is type in the FCS1 serial number when the dialog box comes up asking for it.)
There are others, but I used Carbon Copy Cloner to transfer my files to an external before I erased the HD. Flawless transfer.

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