I've mentioned before I have a tech friend. Thanks to him I'm getting more tech savvy, and I'm also getting less panic-ey when it comes to computer stuff. Before him, I had legitimate anxiety and panic attacks over computer issues. Now, for the most part, I'm pretty chill about it.

Anyhoo, so this Adobe Genuine Software Integrity Service is now officially not a problem any longer. I found out that it is, in fact, something pretty easily disabled from inside "services.msg." Going into the properties of that, I can select it to be shut off, and also to never pop up again upon startup. I also went into the Task Manager beforehand to end its task before doing so anyhoo. It freed up my Adobe software, and now I am free to use the damn thing I got several years ago while at University.

Thanks for the concern... sorry to have worried all of you. Looks like I can put off paying for that subscription-based "CC" version for some time to come C: