title: Cannot run Visual Studio 2012 remote debugger on Windows Server 2008
body: <p>I'm trying to run the Visual Studio 2012 remote debugger on a Windows Server 2008 x86 (not R2) virtual machine, but I can't get past the "Remote Debugging Configuration" screen as the Windows Web Services API fails to install with the following message</p>
  
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  Visual Studio Remote Debugging Monitor
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  The Windows Web Services installer failed to execute. The installer exited with error 'Data of this type is not supported.'.
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  OK   
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  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The only thing that I have to go on are these two posts</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><a href="http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vssetup/thread/5f6f20e5-67a7-43a3-a12f-42e1ef5dfec4#7ed3da49-5ba2-4cce-8ba7-889c5f273294" rel="noreferrer">http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vssetup/thread/5f6f20e5-67a7-43a3-a12f-42e1ef5dfec4#7ed3da49-5ba2-4cce-8ba7-889c5f273294</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vssetup/thread/59cd9a67-d549-4169-906b-0bd95030011c" rel="noreferrer">http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vssetup/thread/59cd9a67-d549-4169-906b-0bd95030011c</a></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Which seem to indicate that the problem is simply that this update can't be downloaded from anywhere.  I've also tried to download these manually, however the only source I've found is <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/wndp/archive/2009/10/09/final-version-of-windows-web-services-api-for-windows-xp-vista-server-2003-and-server-2008-is-now-available.aspx" rel="noreferrer">this</a> which states that my company has to agree to some terms first, which is obviously a little too much effort just to get remote debugging working.</p>
  
  <p>How can I get remote debugging working on a Windows Server 2008 (non-R2) machine?</p>
  
  <p><strong>Update:</strong> I have raised this on <a href="https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/763521/cannot-run-visual-studio-2012-remote-debugger-on-windows-server-2008-non-r2" rel="noreferrer">Microsoft Connect</a></p>