I want to run iTunes on a home server, how do I do this?

My iTunes music files take up too much space/room on my laptop hardrive. I want to store the music and a separate storage area. Is that possible?

To move just the content and not the library files, see:
iTunes: Moving Your iTunes Music Folder
IMPORTANT: do not delete the iTunes folder or the preference files it contains from your boot hard drive; delete ONLY the tracks themselves (i.e. the contents of the old iTunes Music folder).
You can also just drag the entire iTunes folder (the _entire_ folder, _not_ just the iTunes Music folder) to your desired location. Then hold down the Shift key (Windows)/Option key (Mac) while launching iTunes. You'll be given a dialog box where you can select the iTunes library you want to use. Navigate to and select the iTunes folder in it's new location. Note that this procedure assumes that all of your tracks are contained in the iTunes Music folder. If they're scattered around your volumes, moving them becomes much more complex. And don't launch iTunes with the external drive not mounted or iTunes will default back to the internal drive. If it does, though, just mount the external drive and launch iTunes with the Shift/Option key again.
In either case, don't delete the tracks from the old location until you've confirmed that they're working correctly from the external drive.
Regards.

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Step 1: Remove iTunes
Remove any install of iTunes form the server by logging in using RDC (Remember: Administrator, servername /console or /admin), After iTunes uninstall, go to Add/Remove Programs from Control Panel and also uninstall the following:
"Apple Application Support", "Bonjour", " Apple Software Update" and "QuickTime" (don't worry if some are not there to uninstall)
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iTunesHelper:
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You may think why not just select "Turn on DEP for essential windows programs and services only" I thought the same but I can ensure you, you will run into issues if you do this!
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If you still have a issue make sure you changed the sound option in RDC correctly or try a restart of the server.
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Now that iTunes is free of errors, we need to make it auto start up when your server starts without needing to login into your server via RDC every time to start iTunes.
Simply add iTunes to the Start up folder, by either dragging the desktop shortcut to the start menu > all programs > and drop it into the startup folder OR place the iTunes shortcut into C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\
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Double-click the DefaultPassword entry, type your password, and then click OK.
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On the Edit menu, click New, and then point to String Value.
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In the Edit String dialog box, type 1 and then click OK. (delete the zero (0) if there is one)
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You can get iTunes Control form here:
http://itunescontrol.com/download.php
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