Multiple users on home LAN sharing both the Music folder and library

Hi there,
I've been hunting around the web and not found anything that helps me with this specific situation though various articles come close but I've not actually succeeded yet, I was wondering if anyone can help.
I have a Windows XP home PC, 2 user login profiles, both share the same music folder but have different librarys.Using Itunes 10.
I've recently purchased a NAS, I have successfully moved the music folder to the NAS and now also have a netbook (windows 7) seeing the same music folder.
What I want is to have any users/PCs to have the same music folder and the same library on Itunes.
Where I come unstuck is the library as I want the library from the primary user on the PC to be the master, I want this located on the NAS and I want any machine/user to share this same library. I know it's the Itunes folder in My Music, I can easily move that but most forums suggest starting Itunes holding down shift andselecting a new library but I do not get this option.
Instead, I go into the library options but the library command to compile (can't remember exactly that command) seems to retain the local library store.
Is there a way I can just add my NAS located music folder and point Itunes to a different itunes folder for the library?
Separately, I'd like to know if there is an option to keep a local copy of the music and photos folders, I'd like the netbook to be able to this as a backup of the NAS.
Really appreciate any help on this.
Thanks.

It is not really practical for multiple users on different PCs to use the same library database. This is because the iTunes database is not multiuser, the can however share the same content files.
So each PC will need it's own library database (iTunes Library.itl) which in this case is best located on the users own PC.
Utilities such as Tune ranger can keep libraries in sync:
http://www.acertant.com/web/tuneranger/
For backup, some people find synctoy a free utility from Microsoft works for them.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=c26efa36-98e0-4ee9-a 7c5-98d0592d8c52

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