Problems with Apple ID when moving ITunes to new computer

I am transferring my music to a new computer. When I first started using Itunes I had an account ID '*@aol.com'. Now my Apple ID is '*@comcast.net'. After importing my music to the new computer, any song that was imported to the library when I had the aol ID pops up a message that the computer needs to be authorized. I follow the procedure to authorize the computer, it completes successfully and says that 1 out of 5 computers is authorized but when I try to play the song again, the same authorization window appears. It appears that Itunes stores information pertaining to the Apple ID attached to each song in the library.
Anyone have any ideas??? Is there a way to fix this ID issue?
PC   Windows XP  
PC   Windows XP  

I'm having a similar problem transferring music from my msn apple ID to my .Mac apple ID...all posts like this don't seem to be answered...did u find a solution???

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