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Visual Studio IDE Debugging in Visual Studio Remote Debugging
Remote Debugging Remote Debugging Errors and Troubleshooting
Remote Debugging Errors and Troubleshooting
Remote Debugging Errors and Troubleshooting
Configure the Windows Firewall for Remote Debugging
Remote Debugger Port Assignments
Remote Debugging ASP.NET on a Remote IIS 7.5 Computer
Remote Debugging Errors and Troubleshooting
Error: The Microsoft Visual Studio Remote Debugging Monitor on the remote computer does not have permission to connect to this computer
A DCOM error occurred trying to contact the remote computer. Access is denied.
Error: The Microsoft Visual Studio Remote Debugging Monitor on the remote computer is running as a different user
Error: Unable to Automatically Step Into the Server
Error: Workgroup Remote Logon Failure
Error: Kerberos Authentication Failed
Error: Ensure that DNS is Correctly Configured on the Target Computer
Error: The Microsoft Visual Studio Remote Debugging Monitor (MSVSMON.EXE) does not appear to be running on the remote computer.
Unable to Connect to the Microsoft Visual Studio Remote Debugging Monitor
Error: Unable to initiate DCOM communication
Error: Remote computer could not initiate DCOM communications
Error: Firewall on Local Machine
Error: Firewall No Authentication
Error: RPC Requires Authentication
Error: You do not have permission to inspect the process's identity
Error: The Visual Studio Remote Debugger service on the target computer cannot connect back to this computer
Error: Web site worker process has been terminated by IIS
Error: Unable to connect to the machine <name>. The machine cannot be found on the network.
Error: Mixed mode debugging is supported only when using Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 or greater
Error: Mixed mode debugging for IA64 processes is unsupported
Error: Mixed-mode debugging for x64 processes is supported only when using Microsoft .NET Framework 4 or greater
Error: Remote machine does not appear in a Remote Connections dialog
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Remote Debugging Errors and Troubleshooting

Visual Studio 2015
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The latest version of this topic can be found at Remote Debugging Errors and Troubleshooting.

You may encounter the following errors when attempting to debug remotely.

  • Error: Unable to Automatically Step Into the Server

  • Error: The Microsoft Visual Studio Remote Debugging Monitor (MSVSMON.EXE) does not appear to be running on the remote computer.

  • Unable to Connect to the Microsoft Visual Studio Remote Debugging Monitor

  • Error: Remote machine does not appear in a Remote Connections dialog

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Remote Debugging

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