After loading itunes 8 music is not authorized

I loaded iTunes 8 and activated the "Genius" and now it will not allow me to play previously purchased music. iTunes states, "This computer is not authorized", I enter the password and then iTunes states, "This machine is already authorized" and then iTunes will still not play the music! Am I going crazy or did the new iTunes or Genius mess up something?

I too have this problem.
My solution is to quit iTunes and open DISK UTILITY and REPAIR PERMISSIONS on the disk, then re-open iTunes.
It's strange because even though no permissions are shown as actually repaired in the report, it fixes the problem.
For me, just quitting iTunes and then re-opening it doesn't fix the problem.
This fix is only good once per session for me as I shutdown overnight.

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