Why am I getting "Not Authorized" then when I sign in I get "This computer is already authorized"

Hello,
I migrated from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion on my new iMac. Why when I down load using iTunes 11.0.2 I get the following loop of windows:
       I click Authorize
       I enter my Apple ID and Password
     I click OK
Then then after a couple of seconds the windows repeat again from "This computer is already authorized ..."
Please Help! Getting very frustrating! Long time Apple customer since 1985. This is the worst exsperience I have ever had with Apple products!

I fix my problem with a resolution from onelove on macrumors forum who said:
"Select song or app. that's not authorized, itunes will ask for your password, enter password, click ok, and ok again. Done.".
What I had done months ago was use a different Apple ID ( i.e. email address ) for severeal of my APPS. Latter I started using my mobiel me appel id email address [email protected].
So I just authorized one app using the apple id email address I used at that time and that fixed the problem for the remaining apps that were also originall authorized with the same Apple ID email address.

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Okay, that sounds like the dodgy tracks have been getting damaged during the download.
If your country's iTunes Store allows you to redownload purchased tracks, I'd delete your current copies of the dodgy tracks and try redownloading fresh copies. For instructions, see the following document:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
Otherwise, I'd report the problem to the iTunes Store.
Log in to the Store. Click on "Account" in your Quick Links. When you're in your Account information screen, go down to Purchase History and click "See all".
Find the items that are not playing properly. If you can't see "Report a Problem" next to the items, click the "Report a problem" button. Now click the "Report a Problem" links next to the items.

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JayneWilson wrote:
I tried that with one song and it charged me for it. I've got hundreds of songs my new iMac won't play! Help!
If you purchased the song from the iTunes Store go to your purchase history and re-download it from there. You will not be charged again.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

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Are the songs authorised to the same account?
Often people change their e-mail address over time, and also decide to set up new iTunes account names using that e-mail. You can (and should) continue to use an old e-mail address as your account name. Then you don't run into the issue of having different songs authorised to different accounts.
To check the authorised account for the song, click "Get info" on the song name in iTunes. It will show the account name in the Summary panel.
If you have set up multiple accounts, log into each one, and burn the songs to CD as audio tracks (i.e. like a normal CD, not a data CD). You can then re-import the files into iTunes without the authorisation embedded into the song.

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Hey Louni,
Thanks for the question. I understand you are having issues with Authorizing your computer to play content. The following articles may help to resolve this issue:
iTunes repeatedly prompts to authorize computer to play iTunes Store purchases
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1389
iTunes: Missing folder or incorrect permissions may prevent authorization
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1277
Thanks,
Matt M.

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So starting yesterday, I was unable to play any of the songs I had ever purchased on iTunes?
Every time I try to play a song, I get this message that says, "This computer is not authorized" to play the song. But...my computer is the only one on my account that is authorized to play anything.
When I select the option to authorize the computer, I get another message saying, "This computer is already authorized."
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Hey ronfromroanoke,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
These articles should be able to make sure the computer and devices are allowed to work.
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Have a nice day,
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Delete the problem track from the iTunes library, allowing iTunes to move the track file to the Trash. Then download the track again from the iTunes Store via this procedure:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519
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Regards.

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