old user trouble signing in with new plan system

 I have had  number of photo Elements and Premiere "back in the day" when you bought them. now it seems I'm stuck with a sign-in free account because I don't make money with Adobe so I'm not spending never-ending installments called "monthly". That being said with the "sign-in" process it tells me I'm all set, then loops me back to sigh-in.  it's been such a pain, I've stopped using Adobe altogether. But i just tried again tonight and fell into the "loop".  All this costs me TIME and I don't spend hours with an audo assistant, then a human and start from scratch only to find out I need to spend money or "they" can't help me or hand up.

Does anyone have some simple help/advice that will get me past this? At this point, after I have purchased Adobe products only to purchase upgrades over the years to end up with nothing I own/have that I have learned well, then have to change to another compant's software. That's what I don't want to do, but I'd rather invest hours learning something that I get to keep and grow with, without monthly fees. I don't lease my car. I buy it.