ITunes 8 "minimize to task bar" no longer works

Ok, i'll keep this short and simple.
On my PC running windows XP, one thing I always liked was I could minimize iTunes, and it would turn into a little controller that would live in my task/start menu bar at the bottom of the screen. Then, the other day I had to upgrade to iTunes 8 because my iPod required it. So I did so and now I am running iTunes 8.0.1.11.
iTunes 8 have be great, but I noticed that when I minimize it, it does turn into the controller, but it does not work. None of the buttons work, and volume is shown at 0% regardless of what it is actually set at, and sliding the bar or pushing buttons does absolutely nothing. In fact, I can't even get the menu or maximize button to work for it to restore back up in the normal window! So now if I am playing music, and minimize it, the music still plays but the controller does not work and the only way to stop the music, or for that fact, do anything in iTunes like bring up the window and close it, I have to CTRL ALT DEL and kill the iTunes process, then relaunch it!
Currently, i've disabled it by right clicking the task bar, going to tool bars, then unchecking the iTunes toolbar. Now when I minimize iTunes, it just goes to the normal "box" like other applications do when minimized, but it ***** not having the controller like I am used to.
So has anyone else had this issue? Is Apple aware of this issue to fix it within the next update?
If anyone has any information, suggestions or would like more info, pictures, etc, please let me know.
Thanks!
Scott

I just upgraded to iTunes 8.0.1.11 too (XP) and am seeing the same behavior. The little mini controller in the taskbar no longer works. If you double click the icon in the system tray, you can restore the iTunes window.
On the Advanced preferences tab, select both the "Show iTunes icon in system tray"
and the "Minimize iTunes window to system tray" checkboxes. If only the "Show iTunes icon in system tray" is selected, you will not be able to restore the iTunes window and will have to use the task manager to kill iTunes.
Hope this gets fixed, I found the task bar controller very handy for pausing/starting/volume control/etc.
-Roger Pates

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