Can't listen to bought itunes songs

Hey,
when I try to listen to an itunes song I just bought, meaning when i click on the song, a sign appears saying my "macbook is not activated to play this song".
If I want to activate my macbook I should fill in apple ID and passowrd.
So I do so.
The sign that appears then says: your computer already is activated.
HUH????
Everytime the same funny story.
What can I do??

Hey,
I had a chat with support who sent me this link:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1389?viewlocale=en_US
I followed ALL these steps, including the one where I had to log in to my admin account, and it still asks me to please activate my mac everytime when I want to listen to the song. But my mac IS ACTIVATED. don't get it
Another weird thing happened when I logged in my admin account: now some how a third account on my computer has been created: a "Guest User" account. Huh? Can I delete that one. dont need it.

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