Itunes match - being told to 'add this computer' - why?

PC#1 was used to upload library to the cloud (MANY HOURS).  I then successfully synced PC #2 (Many more hours) thus Match worked as expected.  Now have added tracks to PC #1 that I want to upload to the cloud.  So I try to turn on iTunes Match (still using PC #1) and am I'm being told I have to ‘add this computer’.  However, if I go to store.view my account I can see that PC #1 is already an iCloud managed device.  Using iTunes version 10.5.1.42
What gives?

It seems to be pretty common that iTunes will put up an "add this computer" even though the computer has already been associated with the iTunes match account.  When it's happened to me, I've just clicked through and signed in.

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