Sharing a library and authorization problems.

I just got a new MacBook. All of my iTunes songs are on my wife's PC. It is running Windows XP Pro. I am sharing the PCs Library on my new Mac. I have authorized the the new Mac to play songs purchased from my account. Not all songs will play. There are some that when clicked on are asking me to authorize the Mac to play. I re-type in my info and it appears to be OK but when I try to play the song again it asks me to authorize again. When I go to do that, it says I am already authorized. It is hit and miss. I haven't seen a common thread between songs that will play and ones that wont. I only have one account with iTunes and this is machine is only 3 out of the allowed 5 that I can authorize.
Any suggestion?
_Tom

Okay, apologies...I figured out how to share the library off my laptop over my network to my iMac. Still not sure about the userid for itunes issue.
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