Can my girlfriend and I use the same computer but have 2 itunes accounts?

I've got itunes on my computer and have an iphone synched. My girlfriend has just bought an iphone but her old computer is broken, so she has an itunes account but can't access it.
She has connected her iphone to my computer and at the set up specified that it was a new phone, however there doesn't seem to be any option for her to select a different itunes account?
Is it possible to run 2 itunes accounts off of 1 computer?

Russell_B wrote:
Is it possible to run 2 itunes accounts off of 1 computer?
you could authorize your iTunes to play/use content purchased with her iTunes account.
that's basically very easy. all you have to do is +log out+ of one account (click on the account name in the Store window and select +sign out+ from the pop-up dialog) and into the other, and then they will both be authorized. (be sure to just *log out*, not de-authorize ).
also, see _*How to use multiple iPods with one computer*_.
JGG

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