Authorization Issue when Syncing w/ music from CDs

Hi all,
My wife tonight was attempting to sync her iPod; she (may) have installed something today to be able to read Kindle notebooks, but she's now not sure if she had actually installed it...
Ignoring that for the time being, when trying to sync, she's getting the error that "This computer is no longer authorized to play purchased items that are on the iPod XXX.  Would you like to authorize this computer for items purchased from the iTunes Store?", and states that if the computer is not authorized, 342 songs, including YYY, will be removed from the iPod.
That's all great, but these songs have been usable on her iPod now for several years.  Furthermore, several of these may have been imported from CD's and thus not purchased.  As it is, I tried doing the File > Get Info trick, in order to learn what other screen name she might have used, and I discovered that there is no account name field.  I tried de-authorizing and re-authorizing, but to no avail.  Pretty much, I followed everything suggested at http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1389 to fix it, and nothing worked.
So my question:  is there a way to fix this that doesn't involve my wife losing these 342 songs?
Thanks,
Fred (for Colleen)

See Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.
tt2

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