Two iPhones, two iTunes accounts, one computer, different music tastes!

I haven't seen an answer to this question yet, though I have seen a theory. I haven't tried it just yet, but I decided I'd ask if there's an easier way.
Myself and my girlfriend have an iPhone 4, and we both have our own iTunes accounts, with our own purchases. In addition to being able to sync purchased songs from one device to another, my problem is we're both using my laptop. Between the both of us, there's nearly 3500 songs. Not all of the songs she has on her phone I listen to, and vice versa. Is there a way to have seperate libraries, with our own songs checked in iTunes to sync to the desired device? The theory I heard is if there are seperate Windows User Accounts, iTunes will recognize their seperate iTunes libraries. But seeing as this is my personal laptop, and she doesn't use it for anything other than syncing her phone, this isn't completely plausible. Additionally, there's some overlap; we do listen to a bunch of the same stuff. Help?

I would go with selected playlists. However, there are other options as explained in How to use multiple iPods, iPads, or iPhones with one computer, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1495

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Sorry for being unclear, when I said "new user account" I meant a new user account on your computer, not a new iTunes account, for example a new Windows user. As a new user you'll get a new, empty iTunes library. And your device will be erased during the first sync.
Apps can only be used with the account you bought them, so you can't share them or use them with a different iTunes account.
To copy your apps and data to the new iTunes before syncing, back up manually, here's how to:
Set up your iTunes account, disable autosync in itunes, connect your phone, right click on it in the device list and choose backup.
This will save data, pictures taken with the phone and settings to itunes. See what's included in this backup here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766
Transfer your purchases the same way to copy all apps and bought media from the Store to your computer.
Set up at least one contact and event on your computer to be able the merge your calendars and contacts after your phone got wiped during the first sync.
The rest of the data can be restored from the backup you made.
Restoring: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414
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Settings -> iTunes & App Stores -> tap the Apple ID showing, logout, then login.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4627
So if you do this, you will not be able to use the other AppleID on that device for 90 days.

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My dad has just got an ipod shuffle for xmas, and was wondering if we can set up two itunes on our computer so we dont get songs mixed up etc - I cant seem to do this and his ipod has been registered on mine and so his music goes into my library - help

It's possible to have multiple libraries in a single Windows user account. To create or access a second (or more) library, hold down the Shift key in Windows when launching iTunes. In the resulting dialogue you will get the option to create a new library or navigate to the other Library.
Note: You can only have one Library open at a time and iTunes will default to the last library opened if you don't use the keyboard command to choose one. The new library will be empty until you add content to it. To get back to your original library you need to close iTunes and open it again while holding down the shift key, this time choose to open an existing library and navigate to its location. Multiple libraries can prove tricky when using multiple iPods, if you don't use the keyboard command you can risk syncing to the wrong library:Using multiple iTunes libraries -Windows
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You can merge the two libraries but not the accounts. Each account is a separte entity.
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a) Sharing a single iTunes library and or user account or
b) Creating multiple user accounts.
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Because you have separate accounts, if you try & sync her phone to your itunes account, yes ALL itunes content(including apps) will first be erased from her phone & then replaced with the content from your library.
What you can do is this: Put all of the content you want on her phone on your phone, from your account. Sign in to her itunes account, disable auto sync, under preferences. Connect your phone, DO NOT SYNC, sign your wife out of her account, sign in to your account , Store>Authorize this Computer, then>File Transfer Purchases(all itunes purchased content on your phone will be transferred to her account, music ripped on your own, won't). For music ripped on your own, use a thumb drive to copy to her account. Once finished, sign out of your account, sign your wife back in & sync what you want to her phone.
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