Authorizing my computer to play music

i moved a bunch of musci from my external to my lap top since i just had t cleaned out and now it wont let me play a lot of my music because my cimouter isnt authorized and i cant figure out how. i need help! please

I had several symptoms on this "keeps asking to authorize computer" issue including showing a grey sreen when ask to play music videos or TV shows. This seemed to have happen some 5 weeks after I cahnged my itunes account ID, even if it was working perfectly fine ofter such change. Worst, it keeps prompting the old account ID every once in a while. It looks like the iStore account ID and/or the iStore authorization registry mechanism or database is out of control. The only way I was able to resolve this was to de-authorize my computer several times (up to 3) even if the message kept coming back with the message that your computer is not authorize, some how it appears that doing it several times seems to clear an outstanding registry inside the istore database. That I can say, so far it seems to work . . . enjoy. One comments is that I am really not impressed with Apple support or their inability to correct the situation since all of you may have notice that this is a problem that seems to be there for several weeks. I have spent way too many hours fugging the dog on this problem

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Authorizing a computer to play music

Hi,
I had 4 computers stolen from my house, so I got new ones to replace them.
Now none of the new computers are 'Authorized' to play music. Since I can't 'deauthorize' the old ones, what do I do? Can I never use iTunes Music Store Again?

For more information about Authorization and Deauthorization in the iTMS you may want to look at Knowledge Base Document #93014 About Music Store Authorization and Deauthorization.
Jon

My itunes requires me to authorize my computer to play music, but my computer already is authorized.

My itunes requires me to authorize my computer to play music (which i bought from itunes) and when i authorize my computer a notice apears telling me its already been authorized, and that 5 computers that are able to be authorized have been. which isnt true (i hope) we are suposed to only have 2 computers authorized on this acount. After i authorize i try and play the songs again but it tells me i need to authorize it again and everything repeats. wwwahhtt doooo i dooo????

tried this nothing is works

I downloaded iTunes to a new computer and authorized that computer but my music is grayed out and will not play, how do I get access to my music?

I installed iTunes to a new computer and authorized that computer but my music is grayed out. How do I get access to my music?

Is there a way to change that?
You can easily set up the iPod to automatically sync to your current iTunes library (or just do a Restore), but that will replace the iPod's existing content with content from your current iTunes library (erasing the iPod). If your old computer was "retired" gracefully and you were able to transfer its complete iTunes user data to your new computer, there is no problem because all of the songs on the iPod now are already in your current iTunes library. However, if there are songs on the iPod that are not in your current iTunes library, those songs will be lost. That may be a problem...
If you want to preserve what is on the iPod, you can try setting the iPod to Manually manage music and videos. I believe you can do that from an iTunes library that is not the iPod's currently associated library. Select the iPod in iTunes, so that you see its Summary settings screen. Check the box for Manually manage music and videos. (If iTunes puts up any warning about erasing or replacing the iPod's existing content, Revert the change and cancel out.) Click Apply. The iPod is no longer set to automatically sync. But you can add new content manually to what is already on the iPod. And the songs should not be grayed out.
However, you cannot use iTunes to transfer songs on the iPod to your current iTunes library (except for songs purchased from the iTunes Store). If there are songs on the iPod that are not in your computer's iTunes library, you should eventually "offload" those song files because your iPod can easily break, become corrupted, or get lost. iTunes syncs content in one direction only (from computer to iPod), but there are third-party methods and utilities that can transfer from iPod to computer. If you do an Internet search on something like iPod "transfer," you should get some links, including a CNET article on the topic.
Once all of your songs are "consolidated" in your current iTunes library, you can set up the iPod for automatic syncing to that library.

How can you authorise your computer to play music previously bought on another computer

How can you authorise your computer to play music previously bought on another computer

Open itunes, Click the word Store at the top of your computer screen, click Authorize

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If it's running Mac OS X, move the cursor to the very top of the computer's screen, click on Store, and choose Authorize this Computer.
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My itunes doesn't have the options to authorized any computer to play with my Apple Id. What should I do?

Hey danielefrommill valley,
Thanks for the question. Here is the information on how to authorize your computer to play iTunes Store purchases:
iTunes 11 for Windows: Authorize a computer to play iTunes Store purchases
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12511
Authorize a computer to play iTunes Store purchases: Choose Store > Authorize This Computer.
If you do not see the Store menu you can enable the menubar:
iTunes: Turning on iTunes menus in Windows 8 and 7
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5610
- To keep the iTunes menus active, change the setting by selecting the Menu icon in the upper-left, and then selecting Show Menu Bar. Alternatively, you can press Control-B.
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HOW can i activate my computer to play music if 5 have already been activ

I already have 5 computers active but i cant de activate any of them because either they are used or i dont have the computer any more so i cant de activate them.how do i de activate my computers that i no longer have???

The ONLY way is to go onto your account in the music store and hit the "Deauthorize ALL" button. This option is not to be taken lightly. The button only appears once a year so say you use it today Aug 24th 2006. It will not appear til Aug 24th 2007 even if you reach the max of 5 before that date

HT1420 I deauthorized all computers so I could authorize a new one. After I authorized this computer, all my music is not showing.

How do I get my music on the new computer.

Copy it from your old computer or your backup copy of your old computer.

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