loading Indesign CS4 onto a new computer

[flatpicker49]

I am trying to load CS4 onto a new laptop.  It asks for the serial number for Pagemaker 6.5, which the CS4 replaced on my old computer, but which I never loaded onto my new computer.  I have the physical 6.5 disc in an official folder.  There is no serial number on that except one for Photoshop.  I have a printout from Adobe, probably ten years old, which says the serial number for my copy is Edited by Moderator.  This number was rejected when I tried to use it to register.  Customer service says they no longer support CS4 and can't do anything for me.  Help! 

[Derek Cross · Accepted solution]

Such an old version of InDesign (12 years old) will not be compatible with modern operating systems. If you want to run InDesign on your new laptop you need to subscribe to versions 15 or 16 of InDesign.