Question re: having 1 PC for two itunes accounts?

This may be a stupid question but my husband and I are getting rid of my pc to conserve space and only using his for itunes, etc. He has an ipod and iphone 3gs, with his own itunes acct on his pc. I have iphone 3gs with my own itunes acct on the pc I'm getting rid of. How can we use both accts on his computer? Is this possible or do we have to share accounts or use only one account some how? Please help!

You're going to have to either move your itunes library database file & the itunes library content to the other PC, or else start over with your iphone and sync it to the "new" PC.
Once you get that sorted, there are several ways to use multiple ipods on one PC. My choice is method 1 from this article, since it keeps play counts, ratings, etc separate for each user.
How to use multiple iPods with one computer
Make sure to read the link from that article about sharing itunes content between multiple PC users, if you go this route.
How to share music between different accounts on a single computer

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