ITunes in Multiple Windows Profiles using same library files.

I am running Windows Vista Ultimate with iTunes 7.1.1.5.
I have two windows users created on the machine and I have my iTunes library files installed to c:\iTunes both user accounts see the music just fine. The issue that I am having is when I attempt to purchase music from the iTunes store. iTunes in each windows profile will purchase music and download it, add it to the purchased playlist. The issue is that the other windows profile cannot see this purchased music. I have verified that the downloaded music was in the c:\itunes folder, but each windows profile seems to have a different purchased playlist.
Is there some secret to having two windows profiles on the same computer use the same iTunes library?
Thanks
~Shane
  Other OS  

Anything downloaded for the library of one profile must be added to the other profile by hand. iTunes does not support doing this automatically, no folder watching feature like other clients have.
iTunes library files are the itunes.itl and itunes.xml file within the iTunes folder for each user.
A good reason for this is podcast subscriptions. Each user can be subscribed to the same podcast. Downloads will be duplicated but this allows one user to delete episode without affecting the other user.

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