How to sync shuffle and nano, 2 accounts & 2 computers

I got my mom a shuffle and set her up with songs from my account on my computer. Now that she's back home, when she tries to synch up her account on her computer, it says it is not compatable. She's not real computer savvy so I need to help her from a distance. We have separate itunes accounts, should we consolodate them? Do we need to synch our computers somehow? We like the same music, so it would be a shame to have to rebuy all of it. Let me know how we can make this work, thanks,

Howdy Devaraj227,
You can use Home Sharing to transfer content from one computer to another on your home network, as well as keep new content up to date. See this article for how to -
iTunes 11 for Windows: Use Home Sharing to import items from another iTunes library
Playlists are not synchronized by Home Sharing.
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Brett L 

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