Hi Jeff,
First off thanks for taking a look.
I am running Windows 7 on a fairly new Dell (Oct 2012). Interesting about the 'identifying as two computers'. I do have a partition and it is set up as a dual boot sytem (Windows 7 installed on both partitions) We do this whenever we buy a new computer to create a clean install - since removing all the junk Dell loads in is impossible - we reinstall Windows on the new partition. Once everything is running smoothly we would normally remove the partition with the "junk" install. I never got around to removing the partition and the dual boot. I don't know if this would be related to the problem or not - and CS6 is only installed once on the computer but felt it was worth mentioning. Would the activation be accessing info at the bios level?
Let me know if you think this could be the issue. I can go in and do the partition deletion anytime.
Kim