IPhoto 8 & iMovie 8 give my mac a 'Connection Failed Error' then AFP error?

After installing iLife 08, both iPhoto & iMovie cause my mac to try to connect to an unconnected server/network/drive.
I get a Connection Failed The Server May not exist ... error, which eventually becomes an AFP error. Can I stop this? They both seem to be trying to connect/mount to a drive (that no files related to them are or have ever been stored on relating to previous iPhoto libraries.. any ideas)
Not impressed with this new set really... iWeb crashes instantly. Nice.

I'm getting this too but only with iPhoto.
Before installing iLife '08 I moved my three iPhoto 6 libraries from my iMac G4 to my MacBook (via AirPort) as per the instructions in 'How to move the iPhoto Library folder to a new location'. I disconnected from my iMac and then launched iPhoto 6 on my MacBook to make sure each library was intact.
I installed iLife and successfully upgraded each library but now each time I launch iPhoto 7 my MacBook tries to connect to the original location of the libraries and, if the iMac is asleep, gives the AFP error Tim mentioned above. If I then quit and re-launch iPhoto I get "Caution: the iPhoto Library is locked, on a locked disk, or you do not have permission to make changes to it".
I can solve all this by making sure that my iMac is awake when I launch iPhoto but this is pointless if I'm out of AirPort range.
Grr.
Message was edited by: Timmargh to add clarity

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