Share music on computer (different accounts) / restrict playback

Hi,
I am running on windows xp and was wondering if anyone know.
1. How to restrict playback of restricted songs?
2. How to share music library over multiple accounts on the same computer. ( I know you can import - but I would like to know if there is an easy way to export a folder
over multiple accounts on same computer.
Thanks

I'm no authority on the parental controls but ...
... looking at the article I provided a link for in my previous post, it seems that they (the parental controls) are not intended to stop a user from playing restricted content but rather prevent them from seeing such content in the iTunes Store. If they can't see the content, they can't buy it and can't listen to it ... unless someone else buys it and puts it in a Shared Music folder they have access to.
The trick would seem to be to make sure any restricted content you're purchasing does not end up in a Shared folder but rather in a private folder on your system. When you have an XP User Account with a private folder, buy your restricted content on that account and make sure the iTunes Music folder for that account is part of the private folder so your purchases will be downloaded directly into it.

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