ITune account of different computers

I am unable to pull up my iTunes account when logged in on my husband's side: we've found that if we dial up on his side(log in name/side) the computer runs faster however I do not know how to access iTunes on his side. Nor do I know how to access my acct on other computers as well
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krista

You can log into your account on other computers, and purchase and download music on other computers. However, if you're expecting to log into iTunes and see your previous purchases on that computer, you're unable to do so. When you download something from the iTunes store, and download it, a file is downloaded onto your computer's hard drive, which is where it stays (and, usually copied onto the iPod). For this reason, the songs cannot be accessed from another computer, as they were never saved on that computer.
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