It seems to me that some PICkit 2 users are having problems getting PICKit 2
as a debugger with the new debug express 44-pin 16F917 demo board.

I just put some running logs in the following thread.
http://forum.microchip.com/tm.aspx?m=190153

PICkit 2 debugger is not fast but you can not beat the price.
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