"Richard Grainger" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am in the process of assessing Windows XP Service Pack 2 before I
> deploy it to the hundreds of PCs in our department. The first problem
> I have encountered is with Visual Studio.net 2003:
>
> When attempting to "start" (press F5) a project as a non-privileged
> user the following error is encountered:
>
> "Error while trying to run project: Unable to start debugging.
>
> Access is denied. Verify that you are an administrator or a
> member of the 'Debugger Users' group on the machine you are
> trying to debug. After being added to the 'Debugger Users'
> group, you must log off and log back on for the setting to
> apply."
>
> It goes without saying that I have tried adding the user to the
> "Debugger Users" group. I have also tried granting various extra
> rights to the user (e.g. "Debug Programs", "Logon as a batch job",
> etc.). Nothing short of making the user a member of the
> "Administrators" group works. This is not an acceptable solution.
>
> Notes:
> 1. The same error occurs if I "Start without debugging" (Press
> Ctrl+F5).
> 2. I am not attempting remote debugging, so this should have nothing
> to do with the new Windows Firewall.