ITunes store errors after switching to new computer

I am in process of moving everything from one Mac to another. I'm doing it by hand so I don't carry along all the old cruft left behind by programs that I deleted long ago. I've done this before without problems, but this time iTunes is giving me some trouble.
I can log in to the Store and access my profile, and I can play music that is already in my library. But when I try to download updates to some of my iPhone apps, or an album I pre-ordered that is now ready for pickup, I get one of two messages:
We could not completely your iTunes Store request. An unknown error occurred (-4).
Could not purchase "". An unknown error occurred (3027).
Google has failed me completely on figuring out what those errors really are. Does anyone know how to fix this? I am assuming the problem is with me and that the store really isn't having issues today.
Thanks in advance,
janine

It turns out that the problem was that I had reached my limit of five authorized systems on my iTunes user, and had to de-authorize my old system and authorize the new one. The error message could be a lot more helpful....

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