AirTunes Remote Speaker Problem

Since updating iTunes to version 7.1 [and then 7.1.1] I've been unable to connect to my Airport Express remote speaker via iTunes. The speaker show up on the list but states that: "The Remote speaker ___ is not compatible with this version of iTunes."
Both iTunes and the Airport Express firmware are up to date so I don't know what could be causing such a problem.
Thanks in advance for any help.

Also try the info here. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304371

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Ever since I upgraded to the latest version of Airport, iTunes always gives an error when starting up. The error is:
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