What the hell? SCOM console on the SCOM management server was crashing. Event log has the following very descriptive cryptic error log.

Event Type:    Error
Event Source:    .NET Runtime 2.0 Error Reporting
Event Category:    None
Event ID:    5000
Date:        12/23/2008
Time:        9:33:02 AM
User:        N/A
Computer:    MySCOMServer
Description:
EventType clr20r3, P1 microsoft.mom.ui.console.exe, P2 6.0.4900.0, P3 47b71095, P4 mscorlib, P5 2.0.0.0, P6 4333ab80, P7 edf, P8 7, P9 n3ctrye2kn3c34sgl4zqyrbfte4m13nb, P10 NIL.

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Data:
0000: 63 00 6c 00 72 00 32 00   c.l.r.2.
0008: 30 00 72 00 33 00 2c 00   0.r.3.,.
0010: 20 00 6d 00 69 00 63 00    .m.i.c.
0018: 72 00 6f 00 73 00 6f 00   r.o.s.o.
0020: 66 00 74 00 2e 00 6d 00   f.t…m.
0028: 6f 00 6d 00 2e 00 75 00   o.m…u.
0030: 69 00 2e 00 63 00 6f 00   i…c.o.
0038: 6e 00 73 00 6f 00 6c 00   n.s.o.l.
0040: 65 00 2e 00 65 00 78 00   e…e.x.
0048: 65 00 2c 00 20 00 36 00   e.,. .6.
0050: 2e 00 30 00 2e 00 34 00   ..0…4.
0058: 39 00 30 00 30 00 2e 00   9.0.0…
0060: 30 00 2c 00 20 00 34 00   0.,. .4.
0068: 37 00 62 00 37 00 31 00   7.b.7.1.
0070: 30 00 39 00 35 00 2c 00   0.9.5.,.
0078: 20 00 6d 00 73 00 63 00    .m.s.c.
0080: 6f 00 72 00 6c 00 69 00   o.r.l.i.
0088: 62 00 2c 00 20 00 32 00   b.,. .2.
0090: 2e 00 30 00 2e 00 30 00   ..0…0.
0098: 2e 00 30 00 2c 00 20 00   ..0.,. .
00a0: 34 00 33 00 33 00 33 00   4.3.3.3.
00a8: 61 00 62 00 38 00 30 00   a.b.8.0.
00b0: 2c 00 20 00 65 00 64 00   ,. .e.d.
00b8: 66 00 2c 00 20 00 37 00   f.,. .7.
00c0: 2c 00 20 00 6e 00 33 00   ,. .n.3.
00c8: 63 00 74 00 72 00 79 00   c.t.r.y.
00d0: 65 00 32 00 6b 00 6e 00   e.2.k.n.
00d8: 33 00 63 00 33 00 34 00   3.c.3.4.
00e0: 73 00 67 00 6c 00 34 00   s.g.l.4.
00e8: 7a 00 71 00 79 00 72 00   z.q.y.r.
00f0: 62 00 66 00 74 00 65 00   b.f.t.e.
00f8: 34 00 6d 00 31 00 33 00   4.m.1.3.
0100: 6e 00 62 00 20 00 4e 00   n.b. .N.
0108: 49 00 4c 00 0d 00 0a 00   I.L…..

Well, I fixed it. But I am not sure that’s the right solution.  It may work for you.

1. Right click on Operations console short cut in program files menu and select properties.
2. Select “Shoutcut” tab and click on Advanced button
3. UNCHECK the check box for Run with different credentials