Syncing two PCs - playlists are not synced

I have two PCs and want one to be the authoritative source (master) and the other to be a copy of it (slave). Currently the two have slightly different playlists and music. So I just want to wiped out the slave and use a copy of the master. My master will be where I buy music and organize music. The slave will be a perfect copy. So I used backup software to copy the iTunes folder from the Master to the Slave, thus overwriting everything in the slave iTunes folder. I realize I will need to do this periodically to keep the two in sync. But when I open up the slave none of the playlists are adjusted? What am I missing? The directions Apple provides on copying was only so helpful. I just be missing something obvious.

The iTunes music folder holds the media files. The 'library file' where iTunes stores ratings, playcounts, and playlists is the "itunes library.itl" file in the itunes folder.

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