Not my music library

My old computer containing my Itunes library crashed. I recently downloaded Itunes 7.1.1 on my new Windows Vista OS and the library was not my music. How am I getting someone else's music? And how do I deauthorize and old computer that has a new hard drive?
Dell Windows Vista

"I recently downloaded Itunes 7.1.1 on my new Windows Vista OS and the library was not my music"
Try holding down the Shift key in Windows when launching iTunes 7. In the resulting dialogue you will get the option to create a new library or navigate to an existing one. The default location for your iTunes library is in \Documents and Settings\Username\My Documents\My Music\iTunes\. Look in there and see if you have more than one library file (they have the extension .itl) If you have more than one try opening them in turn to find yours.
"And how do I deauthorize and old computer that has a new hard drive?
You can't deauthorise a 'dead' installation on it's own. However when you reach the limit of 5 authorisations you have the option once a year to deauthorise them all in one go and start over: About iTunes Music Store Authorisation and Deauthorisation

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