Authorize and Deauthorize a Computer

Authorization (enabling Rhapsody's digital rights management, or DRM) takes place automatically when you download Rhapsody onto your computer. Authorization is necessary to play secure music (music you have purchased and/or downloaded from Rhapsody). The authorization is retained on your computer, and with your account information at Rhapsody. You can have up to three (3) authorized computers at any one time.

Although authorization is automatic, there may be times when you will need to authorize or deauthorize a computer by hand.

To authorize or deauthorize a computer:

Start up Rhapsody on the computer you want to authorize and Sign In.
Select Tools > Authorize Computer or Deauthorize Computer in your Rhapsody menus.

When Do I Need to Deauthorize a Computer?

You can authorize up to three computers at any one time. If you already have three computers authorized, you must deauthorize one of them before you can authorize a new computer.
If you are planning to stop using an authorized computer, such as an old laptop, you will need to deauthorize that computer to make room for another.
If you log in to a computer temporarily, when on the road or at a friend's house, you will need to deauthorize that computer when you have finished with it. You must be signed into your Rhapsody account from that computer to deauthorize it.

When Do I Need to Authorize a Computer?

If you have previously deauthorized a computer, and now you wish to use it to play secure Rhapsody content again, you need to reauthorize it.
If someone else has logged onto your computer and signed in to his or her Rhapsody account, the computer will be authorized under his account, and you may need to reauthorize.

Note: You can always reauthorize a computer after you have deauthorized it, provided you have not reached your limit of three (3) authorized computers.

Important: Before uninstalling Rhapsody from any of your computers, you must deauthorize that computer.