"Look for Apple TVs" is missing from iTunes10 prefs.

based on apple's kb http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1453 :
Choose iTunes > Preferences (Mac) or Edit > Preferences (Windows), click Apple TV, and make sure "Look for Apple TVs" is selected"
I don't have the ATV in itunes 10.1 (10.6.5):
!http://www.gballard.net/apple/Atv10.jpg!
I do have it in itunes 9 (10.4.9):
!http://www.gballard.net/apple/Atv9.png!
I recall some time back I unchecked "Look for Apple TVs" in itunes 9 so it didn't keep trying to update, but since updating to itunes 10 it appears broken.
I tried to read through this previous thread but it went all over the place.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2568436&start=60&tstart=30
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I suppose I could erase/restore the ATV and get them talking again to upload 130GB of content...

I booted off an external FW of an Erase Start From Scratch 10.6.5 (OS only) install I use for maintenance.
itunes 8 (default first time opened), 10.6.5:
!http://www.gballard.net/apple/10-65-it8.png!
I booted off an external FW of a 10.6.4 clone of my full working hard drive (the source drive is the drive I am using now with the itunes 10.1 problem).
The clone has itunes 9.2 and still shows the atv icon.
The clone includes my full working itunes.
itunes 9.2, 10.6.4 clone:
!http://www.gballard.net/apple/it92-10-64.png!
This tells me the problem occurred somewhere in iTunes 10 and/or 10.6.5.
sigh...

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