Why am I getting an "Activation Error" message in PSE 10?  Bug in program??

A little over 6 months ago, my desktop bit the dust.  I set up a new laptop, and loaded PSE 10 onto it.  I have been using it since then.  Today, I downloaded some photos from my SD card into PSE 10, worked fine.  I then opened Editor, and the screen popped up with a big box saying "Activation Limit reached for Photoshop Elements 10."  It also says "This serial number has already been activated on two computers".  Well, that is probably true ... the desktop that bit the dust, and the one I'm on now where the message showed up.  I "re-tried" and it repeated the message.  It tells me that if I click on "Remind me later", my software will stop working in 30 days.
What the hell is going on here?  If Adobe allows activation on two computers, then I shouldn't have a problem because this did NOT happen because I'm trying to install anything ... I only tried to open Editor on the laptop I've been using for over 6 months!  If it doesn't allow 2 computers, what do I do?  I can't "de-activate" the one on my desktop since that computer is toast.  But if that is the case, why is this just showing up NOW?  It should have happened earlier, no?
I think there is some sort of bug in PSE 10 that hasn't been addressed ... or hasn't been addressed on my system.  How do I resolve this?  If it matters, I am using Windows 7, 64 bit, 8 GB RAM,

It's just part of the wonderful world of activation. Just go here:
http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/activation-deactivation-products.html
and start a chat session (the chat window doesn't always appear, but it usually does), and they'll sort it out for you.

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