Can we use one music library - regardless logs on to windows 7 on one machine?

HI, I am using windows 7, my girlfriend and I both have Ipods and use the same laptop with two user ID's.  I have installed Itunes and had it create a new library just for itunes, using my user ID for windows 7 (and my user ID for itunes.)  I was hoping that the same music library would show up when she logged in under her windows user ID, but that is not the case.
I would like to have one library for the both of us to use, regardless of who's user ID we log onto windows 7 with.  Is this even possible?
I really do not want to have to maintain two libraries.
Thanks

You can share your libraries within the same household:
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH1455?viewlocale=en_US
And here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH1453?viewlocale=en_US

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