Actionscript problems on Vista

I don't know about any of you people but ive been havin problems on my gateway vista computer running flash 8. Now I got CS3 pro so its fine but I still wana know some stuff. Like why did Actionscript not work at all. why was it so goddamn slow. And where can I get an Activation key for flash Cs3 Profesional. I uh..... lost mine, yeeeeaaahhhh.... I lost mine. Lets go with that.