Purchased ringtone disappeared when syncing with iTunes

I purchased a ringtone using iTunes store on my iPhone and was able to enjoy it for a day before I synced the iPhone with iTunes on my computer. A Window appeared stating "[the ringtone] was not copied to iPhone because you are not authorized to play it on this computer". So now the ringtone is visible in iTunes, but it disappeared from the iPhone... and it annoys me because I paid for the ringtone...!
My question is: how do I get the ringtone back on my iPhone?!

I had done all of that to no avail.  I did call Apple Tech Support and after he suggested I try a USB port in the rear of the Win 7 computer, things starting working again.  I had tried switching the USB port at the front of the machine but that had not helped.  Everything is good to go again.  thanks for  your reply

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