De-athourizing a computer you don't have...

So i randomly bought a dell xps laptop the other month, and after waiting over a month for it to ship, i decided, i would just get a macbook instead... why i wanted a dell, i don't know, simply for testing web sites in ie6 i suppose... but anyway, i activated my itunes account on the computer, and forgot to deathorize it before sending it back... now i am kind of screwed because i don't know how to deauthorize it /o the computer :/
Is it possible to deauthorize a computer from your account online? or something..?

You cannot yourself deauthorize a computer that's not working or to which you no longer have access. You can authorize a total of up to five systems, so it's probably not really important that you deauthorize your returned unit now. Once you reach five total authorizations, a button will appear in your iTunes Store account that will allow you to deauthorize all your systems, so that would at that time recover the now-useless authorization.
If for some reason you really feel you need to deauthorize that system now, you can try contacting the iTunes Store customer support department through the form at the bottom of their web page and explaining the problem to them. They might be willing to clear your authorizations for you.

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