How to stop iTunes index files (*.itl) from backing up onto office server ?

Several of us new iPod users on my office LAN have been plagued by iTunes' unasked decision to locate its index files (I.e. iTunes Library.itl and itunes Music Library.xml) at
\My Documents\My Music\iTunes.
Why is this annoying? Because, for example, when I
a) dock my notebook at work, to be my desktop or
b) log on to the work server from home via broadband
I have to wait while Windows synchronises those files with the copies on the server, (at \\bsecfs\users\bjc18\My Documents\My Documents\My Music\iTunes\.
This
1) wastes server space, 2) wastes my time and broadband costs by extending the synchronisation and 3) adds no functionality to my life - it is personal data and I want it all on my C: drive.
Another colleague found the library got placed on her Desktop and therefore the entire Library was synchronised into the server copy of her user profile. The LAN Manager was aghast!
I consider it impertinent of iTunes to choose where these files shall be placed.
QUERY: How can I instruct iTunes to place (or to move) those two files onto my notebooks C; drive where all the music lives?
Cyclone Windows XP
Cyclone Windows XP

I consider it impertinent of iTunes to choose where
these files shall be placed.
It's not impertinent, it's the Microsoft recommended practice. User specific files go into the My Documents folders. In iTunes case, the My Music folder is the logical place to put them.
QUERY: How can I instruct iTunes to place (or to
move) those two files onto my notebooks C; drive
where all the music lives?
You can't. iTunes always puts the library files into the "My Music/iTunes" folder.
You can, however, change the location of the My Music folder. This is a folder specified in the registry. If you use TweakUI for Windows XP (google for it, it's on Microsoft's site), and change the location of the "My Music" special folder, then the library will be put there instead.

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