Multiple Speakers w/Airport Express

I upgraded from OS 10.4.7 to OS 10.4.9 and now cannot stream airtunes to remote speakers AND internal speakers at the same time. Before the upgrade it worked fine. I'm using iTunes 6.05 (don't like version 7). Anyone seen this? How to fix?

SCTS, thankyou so much. I had the same problem and figured it was somehing to do with the firewall but not being that technical I could go no further. Its funny how the simple things can be so frustrating! Cheers Ian
2.33 ghz Intel iMAC   Mac OS X (10.4.9)  
2.33 ghz Intel iMAC   Mac OS X (10.4.9)  

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