Error -3256

Hi,
I was using playing music from my MacBook Pro to my stereo using an airport express which previously worked just fine. Then inexplicably the music stopped and i received a message on my computer "An error occurred while connecting to the remote speaker "Play music" (the airport expresses name). An Unknown error occurred (-3526). When i played the same music on the computer it worked without any difficulty. Rebooting the airport express had no effect on the problem.
Does anyone have an idea hat has happened?
Thanks

I had this same error message when I upgraded iTunes. Very frustrating! This is how I corrected it.
Start by closing iTunes. If you have Panda Antivirus, open Panda, click "Protection settings", click "Firewall protection", click "Connection permission settings", find iTunes in the list of applications and click on it, click "Remove application", click OK, close out of Panda, restart iTunes. When it asks to allow or deny program, click allow. If you use a different firewall just remove iTunes from the internet permission list and it should work the next time you open it.
Hope this helps!
Dell   Windows XP   Panda Antivirus

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