Archive for the month of March 2013

iTunes: An unknown error occurred (-42110)

24 Mar, 2013 Stephan 20 Comments

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.

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Remote Desktop connection: anti-aliasing and color depth

11 Mar, 2013 Stephan
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.)

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