Forgot to deauthorize iTunes when changed mac.

I changed mac at work this week and stupidly forgot to deauthorize iTunes before i erased my user account. I still have accsess to the computer but the user is trancferred to my new mac. Can i deauthorize my old mac? I tried to make a new account with the same name as the old one in the old machine. But only get a wrong password message when i try to deauthorize. The password is right, i can log on to iTunes store with it from the old machine but not deauthorize.
Please help!

Was the HD re-formatted or was a new system installed?
If so, your authorization info, which is/was in a hidden file in the 'Shared' folder, was deleted.
If you have 5 authorizations, you can deauthorize all computers, following the directions in this article.
If you don't have 5 authorizations, you can request the iTunes Store to deauthorize your computers, by using the form on this page:
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/store/authorization/
Hope this helps.
M
17' iMac 800 MHz, 768 MB RAM, 200 GB HD, DL burner   Mac OS X (10.4.9)   iTunes 7.1.1

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