Airtunes not recognizing remote speakers

this was working until the stereo receiver got unplugged. Nothing else is changed. The last time the remote speakers weren't recognized, I was prompted to change all in the keychains and it worked. Can anyone suggest how to fix? Thanks.

As I was shutting down the computer to follow your suggestion, Oye, a window appeared. It was too late to retrieve. I started up again and it was not there. I followed your suggestion sans the sleep. I let the computer rest for 3-1/2 hours. I powered up and opened iTunes. This prompt appeared, the one that always fixes the problem but I have no way to prompt the prompt: "An application named airport needs access to your keychain but there is an existing version. Do you want to change all your keychain items to allow the new version access to your keychain?" I'm good for now. But this seems to be happening at least every other month. Once, it was after an iTunes update and others sometime seemed due to the stereo receiver being unplugged. Does anyone out there know of a way to keep this from happening again (yes, I'll try not to let the stereo get unplugged)? Or, what to do to fix it when I don't receive the prompt to change all keychains?

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