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My current setup is a single PC (Windows Vista) with iTunes and 3 different iTunes libraries for my 3 children. All the libraries are a mix of iTunes purchases and CD ripped files, and we have (currently) 3 iPod Nano's and 2 iPad's. When each user wants to work w iTunes, they open the application on the computer, while holding the shift key, then pick their own library to open. Now we are having more conflicts for time on the computer, but turns out we have 3 other PC's in the house, all networked. (The computers all have different operating systems--original desktop is running Vista, one is XP Home, one is Windows 7 and one is Windows 8). I also have an external USB storage drive that is networked, though it seems to be finicky.
What I would like is that any user can use any of those 4 computers and easily access their iTunes library for exploration, purchasing, device sync, etc. I read about cloud based iTunes, shared files, network shares, but I'm not sure the best way to go.
What do you suggest, and what is the method to make this happen?
Thanks in advance for your help!
Larry

Thanks! I see a potential problem--iTunes must be open on the main(?) other computer for sharing to works, according to some of the documentation. My situation is that daughter 1 grabs the main computer, access iTunes and her account. Then daughter 2 comes into room, screams upon seeing daughter 1 using the iTunes computer.
I want daughter 2 to calmly walk to computer 2, open iTunes and somehow seamlessly access her iTunes library. In that case, iTunes may be open on computer 1, but not with her library open or her id in force. It might also be the situation that computer 1 does not have iTunes even running at that time, if daughter 1 is on Facebook.
Can Home Sharing handle this situation?
Larry

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