Change user profile

I need to change user profiles in Windows XP and would like to migrate all of my iTunes music, playlists, etc to the new Windows user account.
I considered copying the user profile with Control Panel | System | Advanced | User Profiles Copy To function, but I'm not sure if this will work and don't want to break anything. Is this the way to do what I want or can someone point me to the correct proceedure to do this?
Thanks, Roy

I suggest consolidating everything to a folder that isn't tied to a user profile.
In XP, everything is stored here by default:
C:\Documents and Settings\ username \My Documents\My Music\iTunes\ and
C:\Documents and Settings\username\My Documents\My Music\iTunes\iTunes Music
See http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1660
Consolidate it to something simple, like C:\Media using these directions
Directions are here - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1364
This will keep your important ratings, play counts, etc if youa lso copy over that important database file (the ITL file).
Then any user on the PC can use it by pressing *and holding* the shift key while starting itunes.

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The original user profile on my windows 8.1 pc is C:\Apple\acer sm. I tried changing it to C:\Apple\Apple. After I rebooted my PC, I found out that all my files and applications are lost. What shall I do to recover them?
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Hi AppleMist,
We wonder if you changed the registry entry or path of user profile.
If you did that in registry please try changing it back.
After changing your user profile and reboot, system won’t read the profile you changed but a new user profile (C:\Apple\acer sm or TEMP) should be created by system. Try renaming this new one as acer sm.old and changing the apple back to acer sm.
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Worm or virus caused me to have to change my user profile in Windows 7. I have everything back looking more or less like it did before this disaster on my computer and I am once again able to get into Internet Explorer but when I go to my Thunderbird email, it is as if I have never used it before and it wants me to set it all back up again. All contacts are gone and all my old emails etc. How can I proceed to try to fix this problem?

I just hope you know what you're doing. How those registry manipulations would eliminate a virus infection is a miracle to me. Having said that, viruses are rare today, being infected with some sort of malware is much more likely.
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Can I change user profile of an IPOD but keep all of the music and information stored on it?

A friend updated my IPOD with all of their music with their profile. However, I would like to make changes but keep most of the music that was uploaded. Can I change the user profile (username and password) of an IPOD but keep all of the music and information stored on it?

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Hi everyone!
Anyone there who can help me on how I can change a user profile by maintaining a SAP_all profile but his access to activity is only "Display"...
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Bryle

Hello Bryle,
If I am understanding you correctly, you want to create a user authorization profile similar to SAP_ALL, with the difference being that your new profile should only allow to display everything instead of also being able to change and add things like in SAP_ALL.
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Hi VlH,
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You can check the event log and ULS log to see detail error message.
To check event log, click the Start button and type “Event Viewer” in the Search box.
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