here is the detailed output of the debug setup wizard. As promised it tells you what is missing on the server and the client..... wait for it
BUT NOT HOW TO FIX THEM !!!!!!!!!
my data follows
Error: Client: sqldbg.dll COM library is not registered.
Registry sqldbg.dll COM library.
Error: Client: sdiclnt.dll COM library is not registered.
This library should be registered for debugging.
Error: Client: sqldbreg2.exe path was not found.
Error: Client: sqldbreg2.exe is not registered properly.
Client: Distributed COM on the client is enabled
Distributed COM application should be enabled in Component Services.
Client: OS version:Microsoft Windows NT 6.2.9200.0
Server: Connection to the server successful
Server: Microsoft SQL Server 2017 (RTM-CU21) (KB4557397) - 14.0.3335.7 (X64)
Jun 12 2020 20:39:00
Copyright (C) 2017 Microsoft Corporation
Developer Edition (64-bit) on Windows 10 Home 10.0 (Build 19044: )
Warning: Server: Registry path not found: 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSSQLServer\Setup'
Server: SQL Server 'WMS-HP-PC' SQL Server account: 'NT Service\MSSQLSERVER'
In some cases SQL Debugging not work properly with Local System account of SQL Server
Server: Distributed COM on the server is enabled
Distributed COM application should be enabled in Component Services.
Error: Server: sqldbg.dll COM library is not registered.
Registry sqldbg.dll COM library.
Server: User connection to the server successful
Error: Server: SQL Server 2000 Debugger failed to start
Specified cast is not valid.