"Unable to start debugging on the Web server. The IIS worker process for the launched URL is not currently running."
This post is mostly for myself so that I don't forget the information, but when setting up a web site on a Windows Server 2008 machine with Visual Studio 2008 installed, you need to make sure that the IP address is set to All Unassigned (*). In all previous server versions you must set a specific IP address to ensure that the web site starts (in the case of multiple web sites), but this is no longer required in IIS 7 and will cause debugging to fail if you do.
It took me over an hour to find the following post:
Re: Fault - VS 2008 IIS7 Debugging - "The IIS worker process for the launched URL is not currently running"
After reading Dave Burke's post Everyman Links for July 25, 2008, I immediately wondered what was actually presented to these people as the information presented was very limited. The major points of interest were:
The overall answer is that "The Mojave Experiment" is nothing but smoke and mirrors. None of the issues are properly addressed. The laptops used are about a year old, which is well after machines were built for Vista. Machines that were not built for Vista will perform at about 1/4 of the performance that they enjoyed under Windows 2003 or Windows XP. Also, 2GB of RAM (the amount that the demo laptops had) is the minimum amount of RAM that anyone should have, with 4GB being the minimum for developers.
When you see the ooooohhh's and aaahhhhh's at some of the features (i.e. search) think about whether or not it is something that would actually help you. It may look slick and all, but after using it for a while most of these features will actually slow you down. Do you like the right click search for files in Windows Explorer? Gone. It's been replaced by a completely different system that is not at all friendly to experienced users.
To see "The Mojave Experiment" and decide for your yourself, go to:
http://www.mojaveexperiment.com/
Let me know your thoughts as I think that Microsoft is really grasping at straws at this point.