Download Photoshop 9

which she said was for just the Photoshop Elements 9 piece of it.

Seems to be some confusion over exactly which product you own. Can you confirm Photoshop Elements 9 or Photoshop version 9 (CS2)?

Photoshop Elements 9 is a standalone Adobe product. It's the cutdown, smaller version of its big brother Photoshop. It is not a piece of anything else - unless you're referring to the Photoshop Elements/Premiere Elements bundle which are often sold together.

Photoshop Elements 9 comes with its own serial number. The trial version can be downloaded from:

http://prodesigntools.com/photoshop-elements-9-premiere-elements-9-direct-download-links.html

If that's the correct software, make sure you follow the Very Important Instructions on that page first BEFORE you click the download links.

Photoshop CS2 is very old software from 2005. Its activation requirements were decommissioned by Adobe in Dec 2012. Refer this link for more info on how to download it. It also comes with a brand new serial number. Read the link for more info.

http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/creative-suite-2-activation-end-life.html