Can't authorize my computer (please help)
Okay, I need to backtrack a couple of weeks to when the problem first started occurring (although I just now realize that the two problems are linked).
A couple of weeks back my iPod would no longer play most of my songs (the songs I had purchased from the store). It would appear there, but just skip to the next one if it tried to play it. I figured it was just some corrupted data, so I reset to factory settings and resynced my entire library back to it. Same problem. So I stopped messing with it, as it wasn't a crisis situation. Now, understand that during this time, all the songs worked fine on my computer in iTunes, just not on the iPod.
Then, I decided to get The Dark Knight soundtrack. Downloaded it just fine, with no errors (that it alerted me to). I tried to play it and it told me I needed to authorize my computer. I was a little confused, although I "half"-justified it in my mind by saying, "Oh, I probably need to authorize it, since it's a new purchase." So I typed in all my info, clicked the authorize button and was told "You have successfully authorized 2 out of 5 of your computers," which is the number it should be. So I tried to play it again, now that it should be authorized. Same thing happened, the message was the exact same: "You have successfully authorized 2 out of 5 of your computers."
After having done that, I tried playing some of my other songs, that I had previously purchased in the store. They worked fine, and I was not told to authorize THEM. So, a few days later, I tried redownloading the soundtrack, because I thought perhaps it was a problem with the store that I wasn't alerted to (which has happened before). And, of course, the same thing happened. After having done that, I deauthorized my computer and attempted to REauthorize it from scratch, which I felt might help. Now, the same thing happens with ALL of my purchased music (that I have checked), except for one Kamelot album. However, today the message says "3 out of 5" instead of "2."
I now realize that this is the same problem with my iPod, which will not play the purchased music or videos, evidently because it is not authorized, either.
So now, half of my music (the half that I actually like) is under lockdown due to iTunes' inability to process the authorization of my computer to play my music.
Does anyone know of a way to fix this? (I've already tried burning some of the faulty music to a CD, which doesn't work)
Thanks in advance!
A couple of weeks back my iPod would no longer play most of my songs (the songs I had purchased from the store). It would appear there, but just skip to the next one if it tried to play it. I figured it was just some corrupted data, so I reset to factory settings and resynced my entire library back to it. Same problem. So I stopped messing with it, as it wasn't a crisis situation. Now, understand that during this time, all the songs worked fine on my computer in iTunes, just not on the iPod.
Then, I decided to get The Dark Knight soundtrack. Downloaded it just fine, with no errors (that it alerted me to). I tried to play it and it told me I needed to authorize my computer. I was a little confused, although I "half"-justified it in my mind by saying, "Oh, I probably need to authorize it, since it's a new purchase." So I typed in all my info, clicked the authorize button and was told "You have successfully authorized 2 out of 5 of your computers," which is the number it should be. So I tried to play it again, now that it should be authorized. Same thing happened, the message was the exact same: "You have successfully authorized 2 out of 5 of your computers."
After having done that, I tried playing some of my other songs, that I had previously purchased in the store. They worked fine, and I was not told to authorize THEM. So, a few days later, I tried redownloading the soundtrack, because I thought perhaps it was a problem with the store that I wasn't alerted to (which has happened before). And, of course, the same thing happened. After having done that, I deauthorized my computer and attempted to REauthorize it from scratch, which I felt might help. Now, the same thing happens with ALL of my purchased music (that I have checked), except for one Kamelot album. However, today the message says "3 out of 5" instead of "2."
I now realize that this is the same problem with my iPod, which will not play the purchased music or videos, evidently because it is not authorized, either.
So now, half of my music (the half that I actually like) is under lockdown due to iTunes' inability to process the authorization of my computer to play my music.
Does anyone know of a way to fix this? (I've already tried burning some of the faulty music to a CD, which doesn't work)
Thanks in advance!
Windows, Windows XP
