error remoting wmp, empty list and WMP error

[Bert]

Markus, it was the .net again! I repaired it, restared the machine MCC works again!......until this morning 5:01am again, same error, same result, I can login to MCC but it's not showing anything.

Looking at the Task scheduler I can see Run Media Center Control scheduler is in the Status of Running, 1.5h after the event has been triggered. What is this schedule doing, what's it for? The other two MCC schedulers have never run so far since the re-installation 5 days ago...

Looking at the Windows logs files shows two entries at 5:01am on an information level:
- Windows Media Center: Optimization successful
- MCC: MCC Addin is sending a start request to the MCC Server

There is no trace in the log that MCC Server has stopped during the night, no error, no warning at all...

The last bits of the Server_debug shows the following:

Code:

30/07/2014 4:51:25 PM: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   at MCC_Server.Form1.tcp_transferData(String data, IPEndPoint endPoint)
   at MCC_Server.Form1.tcp_transferData(String data, IPEndPoint endPoint)
MCC Server v1.6.6
30/07/2014 4:51:25 PM: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   at MCC_Server.Form1.<>c__DisplayClassf.<tcp_DataReceived>b__d(IPClient c)
   at System.Collections.Generic.List`1.Find(Predicate`1 match)
   at MCC_Server.Form1.tcp_DataReceived(Object sender, DataReceivedEventArgs e)
   at MCC_Server.Form1.<>c__DisplayClassf.<tcp_DataReceived>b__d(IPClient c)
   at System.Collections.Generic.List`1.Find(Predicate`1 match)
   at MCC_Server.Form1.tcp_DataReceived(Object sender, DataReceivedEventArgs e)
MCC Server v1.6.6
30/07/2014 4:51:35 PM: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   at MCC_Server.Form1.<>c__DisplayClassb.<tcp_SocketDisconnected>b__9(IPClient c)
   at System.Collections.Generic.List`1.Find(Predicate`1 match)
   at MCC_Server.Form1.tcp_SocketDisconnected(Object sender, IPEndPointEventArgs e)
   at MCC_Server.Form1.<>c__DisplayClassb.<tcp_SocketDisconnected>b__9(IPClient c)
   at System.Collections.Generic.List`1.Find(Predicate`1 match)
   at MCC_Server.Form1.tcp_SocketDisconnected(Object sender, IPEndPointEventArgs e)
MCC Server v1.6.6
30/07/2014 4:51:35 PM: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   at MCC_Server.Form1.tcp_transferData(String data, IPEndPoint endPoint)
   at MCC_Server.Form1.tcp_transferData(String data, IPEndPoint endPoint)
MCC Server v1.6.6
30/07/2014 4:51:36 PM: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   at MCC_Server.Form1.<>c__DisplayClassf.<tcp_DataReceived>b__d(IPClient c)
   at System.Collections.Generic.List`1.Find(Predicate`1 match)
   at MCC_Server.Form1.tcp_DataReceived(Object sender, DataReceivedEventArgs e)
   at MCC_Server.Form1.<>c__DisplayClassf.<tcp_DataReceived>b__d(IPClient c)
   at System.Collections.Generic.List`1.Find(Predicate`1 match)
   at MCC_Server.Form1.tcp_DataReceived(Object sender, DataReceivedEventArgs e)
MCC Server v1.6.6
30/07/2014 4:55:51 PM: error remoting wmp
30/07/2014 4:56:06 PM: error remoting wmp
31/07/2014 12:36:15 AM: service timed out. resetting remoteing...
31/07/2014 5:01:32 AM: error remoting wmp
31/07/2014 5:01:44 AM: error remoting wmp
31/07/2014 5:01:56 AM: error remoting wmp
31/07/2014 5:02:08 AM: error remoting wmp
31/07/2014 5:02:21 AM: error remoting wmp
31/07/2014 5:02:33 AM: error remoting wmp
31/07/2014 5:02:45 AM: error remoting wmp
31/07/2014 5:02:57 AM: error remoting wmp
31/07/2014 5:03:09 AM: error remoting wmp
31/07/2014 5:03:22 AM: error remoting wmp
31/07/2014 5:03:34 AM: error remoting wmp
31/07/2014 5:03:46 AM: error remoting wmp
31/07/2014 5:03:58 AM: error remoting wmp
31/07/2014 5:04:10 AM: error remoting wmp
31/07/2014 5:04:23 AM: error remoting wmp
31/07/2014 5:04:35 AM: error remoting wmp
31/07/2014 5:04:47 AM: error remoting wmp
31/07/2014 5:04:59 AM: error remoting wmp
31/07/2014 5:05:11 AM: error remoting wmp
31/07/2014 5:05:23 AM: error remoting wmp
31/07/2014 5:05:36 AM: error remoting wmp
31/07/2014 5:05:36 AM: failed to start MCC!!!
31/07/2014 5:05:36 AM: error hooking wmp. requesting retry by user.

and the machine shows the known error message as above again. I checked the functionality last time last night at around 10:30pm and all was working normally...

Markus, I really would like to hear from you about this 'habit'

Thank you.

Cheers,
Bert