AirPort, iTunes and Leopard

Ok, I have some issues with my new iMac with leopard.
1. I had gotten quite used to using my home stereo and the apple remote to play music while using 10.4... It seems with Leopard I'm unable to change the setting of 'Computer Speakers' or my AirPort home speakers while using the remote, as you can in iTunes. This is very frustrating, as the remote and home audio was one of my favorite features.
2. My minimized iTunes window seems goofy. Sometimes it works, but mostly it doesn't. I'm unable to pause or play music using the mouse, I have to either use the keyboard, or open the iTunes window completely. And sometimes when I open it from minimized, the window is stuck to my mouse and goes all over the place.
Thanks if anyone could help me out!

I have the same problem : http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2575924&tstart=0

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