PRB: Unable to Find Server or Set Server Into Correct Debugging State Automatically

ID: Q242462

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual InterDev, version 6.0

SYMPTOMS

When starting the Visual InterDev 6.0 debugger you may receive the following error:

Unable to find server. Unable to set server into correct debugging state automatically. You may not be able to debug ASP pages. Do you want to continue launching the debugger?

CAUSE

The client machine from which you are debugging does not have all the components required for remote debugging.

RESOLUTION

Ensure that the client machine meets the following requirements for remote debugging:

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 or higher or Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 or higher

Visual InterDev 6.0

Internet Information Server 4.0 or Personal Web Server 4.0 for Windows NT 4.0 Workstation

FrontPage Server Extensions version 3.0.2.1706 or greater

NOTE: If you do not wish to install Internet Information Server or Personal Web Server on your client machine, you can still manually debug your Web Application. For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q196378 HOWTO: Debugging Active Server Pages Applications Manually

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kberrmsg kbASP kbDebug kbVisID600 kbGrpASP
Version : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb