They should play as long as you are authorizing that computer using the same iTunes account you started with.
Erika indicated that you may be able to re-download the music, but I don't think that's the case (I could be wrong). You only get a certain number of authorized machines, so if you have authorized a bunch you may need to clear them all and re-authorize the ones you want. Lastly - there is a SourceForge project to strip the DRM off some iTunes tracks but it's always a few versions behind as new versions of iTunes come out... YMMV -Cameron On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 2:00 PM, Matthew Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > I recently did a clean install of windows. Before doing so, I backed up all > my music in itunes to an external hd. I restored from the hd back into > itunes. Now some of the songs won't play. I get this message: > > "This computer is not authorized to play "(song)". Would you like to > authorize it? > > Even after authorizing it still will not play. > > How do i fix this? > > Also, a related question. Is there an app to free the music from itunes? > Will it fix this problem? > > All of this is legally bought music. Just trying to make ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:307330 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
