thanks for the super fast response!
some other info - recently (last week or two) I have been getting WMC error messages something like "Windows Media Center has encountered an error and will shut down" these basically force me to reboot to open WMC again.
I had to reboot just to see if my shows were scheduled to record tonight, and that's when I saw my guide ends before 9pm today, which is why nothing is scheduled.
and that's how I figured out it was not running in the scheduler. so then I went to epg123, then here to look for answers.
I am running Win 7, because I think I am "trapped" by my Ceton InfinTV hardware.
I have not modified any Scheduled tasks in months. maybe ever!
looking in it now, I do not see any WMC tasks at all.
there is some Microsoft_Hardware_Launch stuff
some Microsoft_MKC_logon stuff
and some MicrosoftEdgeUpdate stuff
ok, Save & Execute finished
here is the log output
[6/26/2020 12:06:16 PM] ===============================================================================
[6/26/2020 12:06:16 PM] Beginning epg123 update execution. version 1.3.8.10
[6/26/2020 12:06:16 PM] ===============================================================================
[6/26/2020 12:06:16 PM] [ INFO] Beginning EPG123 update execution. 2020-06-26 16:06:16Z
[6/26/2020 12:06:16 PM] [ INFO] DaysToDownload: 21 , TheTVDBNumbers : False , PrefixEpisodeTitle: True , PrefixEpisodeDescription : False , AppendEpisodeDesc: True , OADOverride : True , TMDbCoverArt: True , IncludeSDLogos : True , AutoAddNew: True , CreateXmltv: False , ModernMediaUiPlusSupport: False
[6/26/2020 12:06:16 PM] [ INFO] Status request successful. account expires: 2021-07-21T00:24:19Z , lineups: 1/4 , lastDataUpdate: 2020-06-26T04:13:31Z
[6/26/2020 12:06:16 PM] [ INFO] system status: Online , message: No known issues.
[6/26/2020 12:06:16 PM] [ INFO] Successfully retrieved TMDb configurations.
[6/26/2020 12:06:16 PM] [ INFO] Successfully requested listing of client lineups from Schedules Direct.
[6/26/2020 12:06:16 PM] Entering buildLineupServices() for 1 lineups.
[6/26/2020 12:06:17 PM] [ INFO] Successfully retrieved the station mapping for lineup USA-PA71515-X.
[6/26/2020 12:06:17 PM] [ INFO] Kicking off background worker to download and process 663 station logos.
[6/26/2020 12:06:17 PM] Exiting buildLineupServices(). SUCCESS.
[6/26/2020 12:06:17 PM] Entering getAllScheduleEntryMd5s() for 21 days on 733 stations.
[6/26/2020 12:06:19 PM] [ INFO] Successfully retrieved Md5s for 238 station's daily schedules. (0:00:00:01.8661067 / 430.326 KB)
[6/26/2020 12:07:08 PM] [ INFO] Successfully retrieved 163 station's daily schedules. (0:00:00:01.0910624 / 3.960 MB)
[6/26/2020 12:07:14 PM] [ INFO] Successfully retrieved Md5s for 238 station's daily schedules. (0:00:00:02.0101150 / 430.366 KB)
[6/26/2020 12:08:05 PM] [ INFO] Successfully retrieved 179 station's daily schedules. (0:00:00:01.2020688 / 4.940 MB)
[6/26/2020 12:08:10 PM] [ INFO] Successfully retrieved Md5s for 238 station's daily schedules. (0:00:00:01.7831019 / 430.339 KB)
[6/26/2020 12:08:57 PM] [ INFO] Successfully retrieved 99 station's daily schedules. (0:00:00:00.7240414 / 2.000 MB)
[6/26/2020 12:08:59 PM] [ INFO] Successfully retrieved Md5s for 19 station's daily schedules. (0:00:00:00.2420139 / 34.352 KB)
[6/26/2020 12:09:04 PM] [ INFO] Found 10267 cached daily schedules.
[6/26/2020 12:09:04 PM] [ INFO] Downloaded 2194 daily schedules.
[6/26/2020 12:09:15 PM] [ INFO] Time discontinuity detected. Service 48523 (TELEN) SH012857740000 (entry 126) ends at 2020-07-03 13:45:00Z, SH016938330000 (entry 127) starts at 2020-07-03 13:05:00Z. No further discontinuities on TELEN will be reported for the date 2020-07-03.
[6/26/2020 12:09:17 PM] [ INFO] Processed 12461 daily schedules for 733 stations.
[6/26/2020 12:09:17 PM] Exiting getAllScheduleEntryMd5s(). SUCCESS.
[6/26/2020 12:09:17 PM] Entering buildAllProgramEntries() for 59050 programs.
[6/26/2020 12:19:11 PM] [ INFO] Found 57394 cached program descriptions.
[6/26/2020 12:19:13 PM] [ INFO] Successfully retrieved 1656 program descriptions. (0:00:00:01.8961085 / 2.247 MB)
[6/26/2020 12:19:14 PM] [ INFO] Processed 59050 program descriptions.
[6/26/2020 12:19:14 PM] Exiting buildAllProgramEntries(). SUCCESS.
[6/26/2020 12:19:14 PM] Entering buildAllGenericSeriesInfoDescriptions() for 11776 series.
[6/26/2020 12:20:30 PM] [ INFO] Found 11519 cached series descriptions.
[6/26/2020 12:20:30 PM] [ INFO] Successfully retrieved 257 generic program descriptions. (0:00:00:00.1780101 / 65.462 KB)
[6/26/2020 12:20:30 PM] [ INFO] Processed 11776 series descriptions.
[6/26/2020 12:20:30 PM] Exiting buildAllGenericSeriesInfoDescriptions(). SUCCESS.
[6/26/2020 12:20:30 PM] Entering getAllMoviePosters() for 6162 movies.
[6/26/2020 12:20:44 PM] [ INFO] epg123 update execution time was 00:14:28.0526498.
I went to start WMC to see if the schedule was in, and immediately got "windows media center has stopped working"
so, I am going to post this & reboot. brb.