PeeVee

iTrader: (1)

Hi Guys/Girls

My girlfriend tells me that i tunes has a license limited to running on a total of 4 PC's

I am, for various reasons, now on the 4th format & re install of windows xp on her lapop & she is starting to panic a bit about not being able to use i tunes for her i pod if we ever end up re installing everything again.

Is there a way around this??

Thanks in advance
Phil

JackClark

The licence is for purchases made in the iTunes store. You can authorise up to five machines to play your purchases.

boxst

Before you reinstall you need to make sure you de-activate the computer from within iTunes.

Steve

G00ner

I'm sure you can reset it too? Mine was activated on 5 of 5, now it's one of five, but I can't remember how I reset it, I think there's an option to delete all previous activations?

PeeVee

iTrader: (1)

Thanks for the reply's

So not quite the "end of the world is nie" as she makes out then!!

I will give her the "trust me everything will be fine" line when I get home & cross the bridge if we ever get there.

Thanks again
Phil

Markus

There should be a "De authorize computer" option under one of the menus in iTunes. The idea, as others have said, is when you're going to EOL a machine, de-auth it and it'll free up one of the auths. If you cannot do that then there is an option to de-auth ALL computers. To do this, sign into your iTunes account, there is usually an item in the top right of the iTunes window listing your iTunes account name/email address, so click on that. There should be an option to "View Account". Once you have that page you'll see there is a "Computer Authorizations" section, and it'll tell you how many machines are authed, there is a "Deauthorize All" button, click that and it will remove all entries.

you then simple need to re-authorize all the machines you want to use the purchased music on, which is just a case of logging into the iTunes store account.

Note that this "Deauthorize All" option can only be used a few times, I have a feeling it's something like once every 12 months.

PeeVee

iTrader: (1)

Very concise answer as usual Markus

I might hold the answer back and use it as a bargaining chip for that new TV that i'm after!

Thanks
Phil