Home Sharing: How do I de-authorize decommissioned PCs?

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Home Sharing: How do I de-authorize decommissioned PCs?

I have replaced two older PCs in my home. Upon configuring iTunes and turning on Home Sharing on one of the new ones, I found that 2 old computers, which no longer exist, still apply towards the allotted 5 Home Sharing PCs.

How do I de-authorize them from my iTunes account?

I searched iTunes Help and found nothing.

Thank you!

2.53 GHz Intel PC, 1GB RAM

Posted on Dec 29, 2010 2:47 PM

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Answer 1

roaminggnome

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Dec 29, 2010 2:50 PM in response to C a r p

You cannot deauthorize computers to which you do not have access.

There is no need to do this, unless you reach the limit of 5.

Once you reach 5, you can deauthorize all and authorize the computers that are in use.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1420

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C a r p Author

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Dec 29, 2010 5:24 PM in response to C a r p

This answered my question. However, it did not solve my issue- Not to any fault of the responder.
It seems that the answer is, once I reach 5 authorized computers, I need to de-authorize all from my iTunes Store account then re-authorize any required PCs.
This is quite cumbersome. I hope this is resolved in subsequent versions of iTunes.

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Answer 3

Katrina S.

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Dec 30, 2010 6:59 AM in response to C a r p

Why is it cumbersome? My work nicely updated my PC while I was on vacation several years ago, and I still had authorizations open. When I hit the limit of 5 I can get rid of it.

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