Switching Iphone user accounts

My wife and I have always used the same itunes account. I had an original iPhone and purchased a 3G model. My wife now wants use the old one, which I have no issues with. But she went and filled in her own address book so she would have her contacts on her iPhone.
She sets up her itunes on her user account using the same apple ID and password that I have since she does not have her own account. With all her stuff set up she went to sync, fully expecting to get the warning that it is sync'd with another user and will replace all info with that of the new library. It starts to sync and then stops with an error message stating that she does not have sufficient access privileges for this operation. What do I do? I am lost.
She has access through her user account to the music folder, both read and write. I am not sure what the next step is. Will we have to wipe the iPhone and start if over from scratch. I am sure if she doesn't have access to sync the iPhone, she probably won't have access to restore it, right? You help is appreciated.

Something seems strange with that second account.
- Maybe give it admin privileges and try again?
- You can try repair permissions from the /Macintosh HD/Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility. (read help for how to)
- Perhaps your Application Support folders are mussed up. Ctrl+Click the Library in her home folder and get info. Then make sure it shows she is the owner and perhaps try to apply those permissions to enclosed items (you'd have to hit the padlock and gear in leopard down at the bottom)
I'd make sure she has the phone backed up if she cares what is on it iTunes > devices > ctrl+click iPhone > Backup
Perhaps try to sync items one at a time and see if it is just a specific item giving you grief like calendars or contacts.
- Worst case try a third user account and see if it is account related.
OS X Troubleshooting:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1388

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