Sharing library between two logins on the same computer Windows XP

This itunes help topic does not work in sharing the libarary.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300432
Has anyone figured out how to do it?
Thanks.

I do this with my wife. With two logins you get two libraries. Make sure you store the files somewhere accessible to both users. We use a networked drive. All you really need is a folder you can both get at. Set iTunes within both accounts to point at the the desired storage location and use the same Music Store account.
The only complication I have found is that tracks imported by one person are not automatically added to the library of the other. For instance, CDs I import can be used by both of us but she must import the tracks in order to have them in her library. I have a excel file made for this. When I import a CD I add the name to the list then in the next column is an "x" meaning I have it. The next column gets an "x" when she adds it to her library.

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