Multiple users and multiple ipods, - one computer  PLEASE HELP!!

I have 1 computer, three users with three different ipods. I want my two daughters to be able to share the music and movies I buy on their own ipods. That's possible and legal, right?
It has always worked in the past and now I am getting a message when I try to sync daughters ipods that says "this computer is no longer authorized to play purchased items that are on ipod "RB's ipod". Then basically authorize this or you 42 items that were purchased will be removed.
Then I do the authorization. Then it says, this computer is already authorized, 1 computer out of 5 computers authorized. But then it asks me to authorize it again with same "this computer is no longer authorized..." warning. And it will not sync her ipod until I authorize it.
I finally did "don't authorize" just to sync her new songs and it erased all her old movies and songs. They are still in the library but won't sync anymore.
PS...I've never had a different account or different computer and it always has worked in the past.
Anyone have an trouble shooting tips?? THANKS!!

Thanks, Diane. I did try report a problem twice and never heard from anyone. Meanwhile I have deauthorized computer, quit itunes, rebooted and opened itunes and reauthorized. No help. Also have read many other posts and nothing in them worked.
What do you think about this - Go to control panel and uninstall iTunes and any other things with "Apple" in them (including Quicktime).
Then go back to the apple site and re-install iTunes. See if that works.
Just not sure how to open Control Panel to unistall itunes. I do think this might be due to upgrading to itunes 9.2.
(Then once I solve this, need to solve fact that during all this, I chose don't authorize on my daughters computer, lost a lot of her music and her ipod froze as well. Reset, restore, nothing is working to get her ipod back)
Thanks for your help!

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