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iTunes: An unknown error occurred (-42110)

stplanken | March 24 | 8 weeks ago

After transferring an entire iTunes library from one computer to another, I received the meaningless message: "An unknown error occurred (-42110)." after starting iTunes 11 on that computer for the first time under that user account.

The problem was solved by renaming the folder C:\ProgramData\Apple Computer\iTunes\SC Info (Windows 7). I renamed it but you can delete it.

Remote Desktop connection: anti-aliasing and color depth

stplanken | March 11 | 10 weeks ago

Windows

When logging on using terminal services (remote desktop) anti-aliasing for fonts is disabled by default. However, by adding a value to the registry of the host machine this can easily be enabled.


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal
Server\WinStations]

"AllowFontAntiAlias"=dword:00000001

(You will have to reboot the host, since you can't restart the Terminal Services service easily.)

Thankful for the past year

stplanken | December 26, 2012 | 20 weeks ago

Reflecting on the past year, I once again realized how lucky I am to have the family, friends, and neighbors we have.

Of course, in September, Sarah was born. A healthy baby girl to complete our family.

A while back my truck broke down and last week I desperately needed hay. Friends of ours had their truck loaded with their hay and ready for me in no time. I just asked and it was done as if this was the most normal thing to ask for. Compensation never came up.

iTunes 11: recognized and synced via WiFi for first time since 10.7 (or not)

stplanken | November 30, 2012 | 24 weeks ago

Since I upgraded iTunes from 10.6 to 10.7 and at the same time updated my iPhone to iOS6 syncing via WiFi stopped working. iTunes simply stopped recognizing the phone. Even when tethered via USB iTunes frequently didn't recognize the phone. Or it would recognize it but then the backup failed for "unknown" reasons.

After I installed iTunes 11 it actually recognized my phone and synced it over WiFi!

Now, there is a chance that this is a coincidence, but we'll see tomorrow.

iPhone voicemail indicator not updated

stplanken | November 6, 2012 | 28 weeks ago

Last night, after receiving a voicemail, the indicator remained on. The real annoyance came from the fact that I also did not receive notifications about new voicemail. Naturally, I tried restarting the phone, leaving myself a voicemail from another phone and then retrieving and deleting it. Nothing worked, it just seemed stuck on.

Sarah Georgie

stplanken | September 17, 2012 | 35 weeks ago

Born September 17 at 11:58 in the Foothills Hospital in Calgary: Sarah Georgie Planken.

7 lbs 4, 20"

Tanya & Sarah
One of the few private moments so far

Drupal: core module forum not listed

stplanken | September 15, 2012 | 35 weeks ago

Drupal

Recently, I had the problem that the core module forum was not listed in the list of available modules under /admin/build/modules. It was simply missing. It had me puzzled initially because the module was actually present in the default location modules.

After looking around I noticed an out of place file forum.module directly in the modules folder. I had some FTP issues that night and I must have dropped it there mistakenly. After I deleted the rogue file the forum module showed up again in Drupal's list of optional core modules.

Friendship

stplanken | July 30, 2012 | 42 weeks ago

Friendship

It's often the simple things
that make us happy.

(Photo of our two-year-old
walking hand in hand with her
friend.)

Drupal database issues -- anonymous comments not visible

stplanken | June 30, 2012 | 46 weeks ago

Drupal

My hosting company, Sibername, had an issue with a failing hard drive. Last night, I was unable to log into this site without hearing back from them. I was just left hanging. Turned out that the sessions table in MySQL was corrupted.

Some happy news...!

stplanken | May 20, 2012 | 1 year ago

This is exciting for our family: Sophie will be having a little sister! The due date is September 19.

Here's a photo of the sonogram of April 18, showing baby's profile at 18 weeks:

ultrasound photo baby profile

Sophie's little sister.
Baby profile at week 18 (taken April 18, 2012).