I paid for a yearly subscription and now it says I'm on a trial version of adobe creative cloud?????

Calin ,

check with the Hosts file once . Let me know if there are Adobe entries present inside Hosts file .

Windows :

1)Navigate to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc and look for file named "hosts" inside etc folder.

2)Copy the hosts file to Desktop and open the same with notepad.

3)Delete Adobe entries present inside Hosts file like 127.0.0.1 activate.adobe.com.......etc

4)Copy and paste the Hosts file back to "Etc" folder.

Make sure to select "Replace" option when prompted.

Mac:

1) Right click on the Finder icon on dock and select "Go-To Folder" option.
2) You will get a text box, type-in below mentioned command and then hit 'Return' key.

/etc

3) It will open the etc folder, please look for file named "hosts" and copy the same to Desktop screen.it

4)Double click on Hosts file , it will open it with TextEdit, If present Delete Adobe entries present inside Hosts file like 127.0.0.1 activate.adobe.com.......etc

5)Copy and paste the Hosts file back to "Etc" folder.

When asked Authenticate with Mac password.

Make sure to select "Replace" option when prompted.

Then launch CC apps which is asking for serial number and check.

Sign out from Creative Cloud and sign in again using email ID using which you had purcahsed subscription:

https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/sign-in-out-creative-cloud-desktop-app.html

Then launch CC apps which is asking for serial number and check.

Still asks for serial number check the hosts file for Adobe entries , if present remove it and try to activate.

Windows :

1)Navigate to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc and look for file named "hosts" inside etc folder.

2)Copy the hosts file to Desktop and open the same with notepad.

3)Delete Adobe entries present inside Hosts file like 127.0.0.1 activate.adobe.com.......etc

4)Copy and paste the Hosts file back to "Etc" folder.

Make sure to select "Replace" option when prompted.

Mac:

1) Right click on the Finder icon on dock and select "Go-To Folder" option.
2) You will get a text box, type-in below mentioned command and then hit 'Return' key.

/etc

3) It will open the etc folder, please look for file named "hosts" and copy the same to Desktop screen.it

4)Double click on Hosts file , it will open it with TextEdit, If present Delete Adobe entries present inside Hosts file like 127.0.0.1 activate.adobe.com.......etc

5)Copy and paste the Hosts file back to "Etc" folder.

Make sure to select "Replace" option when prompted.

Then launch CC apps which is asking for serial number and check.

Note: If the hosts file does not have Adobe entries , you can try below steps:

Windows :

Press Windows button (located between Ctrl and Alt buttons) along with R button together at a time , you will get a run command window.

Type in below command and hit 'Enter' key.

appdata

Then navigate to Local>Adobe>OOBE. Open OOBE folder and delete opm.db file.

Mac:

1) Right click on Finder icon and  select "Go-To" Folder option.
  2) You will get a text box, type-in below command and then hit 'Return' key.( Do not miss ~ symbol)

~/library

3)Then navigate to Application Support>Adobe>OOBE. Open OOBE folder and delete opm.db file.

Once you had deleted opm.db file , launch Creative Cloud desktop application and sign in with valid email ID.

Then launch CC apps which is asking for serial number and check.