7,1 was a dream: Media shortcuts/front panel issues

Hey
I have a Dell Inspiron 6400. On the front it have this Media Shortcuts / Frontpanel
In iTunes 7.1 they did work. Like, I could minimize iTunes, use other programs and still I could change songs and stuff. But after all the updates on iTunes, this ability is gone. It's only with Windows Media Player it'll work.
Anyone have an idea about how I can fix this?
(or that Apple could fix this and keep it in their iTunes in the future)
Message was edited by: VonWeibye

Could you clarify a bit on how the PXI-6528 was acting while you were seeing these problems? Does this card have values display on the Remote Front Panel, and if so were they still updating properly? I believe you were saying that, but I wanted to be sure because that makes a big difference. 
If everything became static, including the DIO card, at the same time, then I'd say see if your browser updated, or something in your network settings was changed without you noticing. Perhaps an update ran and reset some of your firewall settings, or an Internet Explorer update changed something that required a reboot. 
If just the outputs of chassis 2 were the problem, and the DIO card values on your remote front panel still worked well, then it is most likely a problem with your MXI-4 cards or your fiber optic cable that cause the change in behavior. 
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