One iTunes account, two computers...

Dear community,
My first post: I'm looking for some advice regarding my iTunes account. Can anyone solve this conundrum?
My ex-girlfriend and i used to share a computer (windows vista) with my iTunes account on it. I used to sink my iPhone 3G on it.
We went our separate ways, still friends, now she has the computer. I bought a laptop (Windows 7), loaded iTunes on to it and opened my account but no sign of music etc.
I'm borrowing the old computer for a week to see if i can sink my phone for the first time in a year but chiefly to duplicate our music collection using an external hard drive. I would like to be able to sink my phone on my own computer in the future and return the old computer with her music still intact.
Do you think i will need to start a new account for her or de-authorise her computer and load a copy of the music back on to her computer?
Can anyone help? Very many thanks. (I'm about to receive an iPhone 4S so really should be ready).
Biscuit137

You can copy the entire iTunes folder from the old one to the new one. Recommend you change the password to your account if you haven't done so already, but I guess you can leave her machine authorised until you find you need all five authorisations for yourself.
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