Network locations: not joining automatically

I just loaded my G5 w/ Leopard and I'm having trouble w/ network locations. I am trying to set up 2 locations, the first is "network" and the second is "stand alone". The intention is to be able to jump on & offline easily. The problem I'm having is when I switch from "stand alone" back to "network", I don't automatically join my airport network, like I always did in earlier versions of OS X. Since I have a hidden network, I have to type the full name and password back in. I notice the network dialogue now says "known networks will be joined automatically" which I think is different than Tiger where you had to select "join automatically".
Any advice is appreciated!
Sean
San Diego

I'm seeing this same issue on my wife's iBook G4, but strangely my MacBook doesn't have this issue. Both of us are running Leopard with the About the Login & Keychain Update 1.0 update and connecting to the same Apple AirPort Extreme Base Station with Personal WPA2. The update hasn't helped on the iBook and the problem has never shown up on the MacBook. I hope Apple fixes this soon.
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