ITunes 7 new remote speakers setting ? What is it ?

I just upgraded to iTunes 7 and suddenly my Library wouldn't play.
I unchecked he remote speakers and it worked.
THERE IS A NEW OPTION IN REMOTE SPEAKERS !
Look in Preferences-Advanced.
Allow iTunes control from remote speakers must be unchecked !!!
What does it mean and why is it there ????????

do you have the latest itunes [7.0.2]:
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
try trashing the itunes pref file:
user>library>preferences>com.apple.iTunes.plist
have you the latest airport express firmware:
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/airportexpressfirmwareupdate63formacosx.h tml
have you hard reset the airport express to default settings:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=108044
then setup itunes pref to 'look for remote speakers..', save, quit itunes. join default airport express wireless network then restart itunes and see how it goes. if this doesn't work, im out of ideas! mayb after doing this try the ipv6 toggle again and mayb you'll get lucky!
mark

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