Can see Library on new computer but can't play!!???

I bought a new computer and have installed iTunes.  I can see my Library of music but I can't play it because it says I have already reached my five allowed computers to operate iTunes.  My other computers have broken through the years and I have gotten rid of them.  How can I play my music?    

There should be no problem using the deauthorize all command and then reauthorizing the machines that you actually use, although bear in mind that you can't use that command again for a year.
Note too that authorizaton only affects iTunes DRM protected content. If you can't play anything then something else is going on...
See also this migrate iTunes library post. If you're planning to switch which computer you use to sync your device to you may have problems if you copied the media across and added it into a new library, rather than copying over the library as a unit.
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