Authorising Computer

My trouble started when my iPhone kept on flashing that I had used the wrong Apple ID or Password, when I had not changed either. After numerous unsuccessful tries, I firstly change my Apple ID and then my Password. I am now back to my original ID with a different Password. (I tried to use the original password but it was rejected because it had been used within a year.) I now have this problem. Each time I tried to synchronise the iPhone with my computer, it kept prompting me to authorise the computer, which I did but it came back with the message that the computer has been authorised but when I attempt to synchronise the iPhone with the computer or download updates, it prompts me again to authorise the computer. I did all what the Apple Support suggested - Turn Off User Account Controls and deleting the SC Info foler - to no avail.
My iCloud also tells me that my password is invalide.
Anybody able to help?

Did you purchase/or do you own the songs on your work computer? If you don't own the rights to these songs, that may be why you're having trouble right now.
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