HT203167 authorized on my computer

I am a long-time iTunes customer, and have had little problems here an there with importing my music from backups, but nothing major. After a recent backup restoration of my iTunes library onto a new computer, some of my songs are not "authorized" to be played yet, until after a "90 day" waiting period, since songs can only be associated with one new device every 90 days apparently. Has anyone else ran into this irrational phenomenon? What did you do to work through it (please don't say you waited 90 days to listen to your own music!)
Another interesting phenomenon, I cannot burn CDs. I get the error code 4310.
Another interesting condition, my smart playlists are missing in the convenient "add to" menus, but not in the general playlist view. They are all there, but not always accessible.
Could I have done something wrong when I restored my library? I simply replaced the library that was automatically installed with iTunes. Then oriented iTunes to where it was, asking it to keep the library organized etc.
I am using the newest version 11 of iTunes.
I am using Windows 8 (by the way, not a possible selection on this subission, so I said 7)
I have no other computer at my disposal, since my last one crashed.
I would dearly appreciate help.
Thanks!
Dave

How exactly did the content get backed up and restored?
The simplest method to backup is to copy the ENTIRE iTunes folder from the computer to an external drive, optical media, or another computer. To restore would be a simple matter of copying everything back.
If specific media is not playing and requiring authorization my first thought is this media was acquired with a different AppleID. If that is the case, the computer must be authorized for that Apple ID as well.

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