I cannot play previously bought songs on my new computer. The songs show up in my library but I have to give my new computer permissiom?

Library shows previously bought songs, but won't play on new computer?

If you haven't already done so then you should be able to authorise your account on that computer's iTunes via the Store > Authorise This Computer menu option - if you are using a PC and the drop-down menus aren't showing then control-B should get them to show
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I have a handful of songs that I previously purchased that can no longer be played. When I try to play them, it asks me to authorize the computer but it is already authorized. I even unauthorized the computer and authorized it again. Other purchased songs work and I know my account is OK.
When I view the Summary on Get Info, I noticed that these songs do not show a Purchased Date as others do. They do show Purchased by and my Apple id.
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It sounds like you have multiple Apple ID’s associated. Once the 90 days are up, you are able to associate the Apple ID with your iPhone. Another option is to restore your iPhone and setup as new. The article below will explain further about assocating Apple ID's to devices.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4627
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I purchased a bunch of music years ago with an old email account and password and then switched (before I understood about the apple account thing) and now the music will show up on my new computer but I can't authorize it to play because the old account is disabled and I can't remember my password!!!!!!
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Hi bonniefromlafayette,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
For information and instruction on how to authorize your computer using iTunes, please reference the attached article.
Authorize your computer using iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1420
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Hi
I changed over from windows 7 to windows 8 and now my previously bought songs will not play.Tried to follows all the intructions for authorising my computer but can't seem to make sense of them.The instructions don't seem to be for windows 8.Can somebody help?
Thank You
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Hello Robert,
With the latest version of iTunes on Windows, the menu bars are hidden, and it sounds like yours need to be enabled before you can authorize your computer. You can follow these steps to enable the menu bars:
To keep the iTunes menus active, change the setting by selecting the Menu icon in the upper-left, and then selecting Show Menu Bar. Alternatively, you can press Control-B.
You can find the full article here:
iTunes: Turning on iTunes menus in Windows 8 and 7
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5610
Once you have those turned on, you should be able to go to "Store>Authorize This Computer..." as outlined in this article:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1420
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
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