HT1420 how do I de- authorise a computer that no longer works or exists??

I am having problems with my iphone, it has been suggested that I sync it with itunes- i hate doing this and use icloud because my desk top computers are in moist enviroments and die after about 18mth to 2years- now the home sharing cant work on this desktop as the 3 dead computers in the past 4 years no longer exist and I have no idea how to remove them from home sharing when they are spare parts for other computers? help if you can ... PLEASE. Di

I'm not sure if this affects Home Sharing or not, but if you have systems that are authorised with an account that no longer exist then you can go to iTunes > iTunes Store > Your account and in there is a way to deauthorise computers from the account side.
Be aware that you can only deauthorise all your systems once ever 6 month (It think it's 6 months).
EDIT : From http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1420
"In order to enable Home Sharing, Automatic Downloads, or downloading of past purchases, your computer must be authorized for use with your Apple ID."
… so deauthorising your computer will remove them from Home Sharing as well.
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