ITunes 7.1 asks for authorization every single time I synch, other issues

Ever since updating to iTunes 7.1 I've had the following problems:
1.) It won't just sync new items when manually manage files is checked off.
2.) When I add one new file, it now tells me that I have to wipe and re-sync the whole thing instead of just updating the current music/video/etc (I'm actually waiting on it to sync my whole library again after it wiped out everything after adding one video file)
3.) When I now try to sync the iPod, it asks me to re-authorize all purchased content every single time.
Are these known issues with the new release of iTunes? Or are these bugs I should report to Apple?
Any insight from my fellow iPod users is appreciated. Specs are below:
Custom built PC running XP Pro, Service Pack 2
AMD Athlon 2800 + XP Processor
1.75 GB of RAM
430 GB Total HD space (3 physical drives)
ATI Radeon X1600 AGP Vid card
iTunes 7.1 (updated on 13 March 2007)

it could be that you have reached the limit of 5 pc,s authorized this can happen with reinstalls you can deauthorize your machinethrough the website some where and it should fixs it.
i had to do this after reloading windows

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