How can I divorce my nan's IPad from my Netbook?

My 89-year old grandmother has an IPad 1 and is a frequent user. But she does not use a PC. So, some months ago, I plugged it into my Netbook and did some 'backing up', meaning that the IPad thinks that my ITunes account is it's 'home'. Now she has tried to update a load of apps, and is being told that she can't connected to the internet (her own home wireless broadband) until the IPad is reunited with my Netbook. Trouble is, I live 100 miles away and she needs to use the IPad for internet browsing now. Is there anyway I can instruct her over the phone how to get her IPad dump the memory of my Netbook and get back on line?? I'd much appreciate any suggestions!

If she was able to update the apps, then she had to be connected to the Internet. That's how it works when you update direct.y on the device. The apps are updated via her Internet connection, so it was working - at least at that point.
The iTunes app cannot be updated unless it comes via an iOS update. All of the pre installed apps can only be updated when the iOS is updated. You cannot update Safari, the iTunes app, the Music app. The Mail app ....any of the pre installed apps unless you do it via an iOS update.
Now if she is trying to update the iOS in Settings>General>Software Update - that's a different story as well, but I have never seen anyone report that they got a "connect to iTunes" message if they had a problem with the over the air update.
iTunes on the computer can be updated but I can't think of any reason why she would get this message on the iPad, so I think that we are still missing something in the explanation. We need to pin down the exact name of the app that is giving her this message.
I might be missing something very simple, but its just not coming to mind right now, with the information that she gave you.

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