Troubleshooting performance counter problems with PerfMon and a debugger

Performance counters are a wonderful tool when it comes to quickly assessing system health and performance of Windows subsystems.  In addition to learning much about the operation of Microsoft products, exposing performance counters from your own code can be extremely valuable for the very same reasons.  We do this a lot for LeanServer code – … [Read more…]

Using Visual Studio 2005 with IIS 7.0

I’ve blogged quite a bit about using Visual Studio to develop and debug IIS 7.0 applications in the past. A few weeks back, I put together a detailed article about using Visual Studio 2008 to work with IIS 7.0 applications, collecting all the various how-to and gotchas in one place. Now, you can find the … [Read more…]

Using Visual Studio 2008 with IIS 7.0

In the past, I’ve blogged a number of times about using Visual Studio to develop and debug IIS 7.0 applications. I am happy to say that Visual Studio 2008 has added a number of improvements to work better with IIS 7.0, making it a lot easier to use it to develop, deploy, and debug those applications … [Read more…]

Debugging IIS 7.0 Web applications remotely with Visual Studio 2008

********************************************************************** UPDATE – 4/8/2008 I’ve collected the various how-tos and gotchas about using Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio 2008 with IIS 7.0 applications into two detailed articles:Using Visual Studio 2005 with IIS 7.0Using Visual Studio 2008 with IIS 7.0Be sure to check them out for detailed info on working with both local and remote IIS … [Read more…]

At last, Visual Studio patch for F5 debugging on Windows Vista has been released

A Visual Studio patch that fixes the Visual Studio F5 debugging of IIS7 applications on Windows Vista Home Premium and above has been released!  This patch solves the “An authentication error occurred while communicating with the web server.  Please see Help for assistance.”, and “Debugging failed because integrated Windows authentication is not enabled.  Please see … [Read more…]

Fix problems with Visual Studio F5 debugging of ASP.NET applications on IIS7 Vista

********************************************************************** UPDATE – 4/8/2008 I’ve collected the various how-tos and gotchas about using Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio 2008 with IIS 7.0 applications into two detailed articles:Using Visual Studio 2005 with IIS 7.0Using Visual Studio 2008 with IIS 7.0Be sure to check them out for detailed info on working with both local and remote IIS … [Read more…]