I can't choose my external speaker, it's "grey"

Hy there
I have a problem, and as I've been searching on the net i found out, that I seem not to be the only one...
I updated my iTunes to version 9 and now my iTunes shows my external speaker (in the side bar at the bottem right corner) only grey, and i can't choose them anymore. Everything works with the Airport Express, i also tried to reinstall everything and reset it. The light is green on the Airport Express.
Can someone help me?
Makuba

I have the same problem. It´s also gray on my second computer which runs XP. Both run iTunes 9. Upgrading the Airport Express firmware to 6.3 didnt help.

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