Visual Source Safe 2005 Update CTP

Brief Description

This download is a prerelease rollup of bug fixes for Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 2005

Overview

Fixes in the GDR include stability, performance, data integrity, and usability enhancements in many areas of the product.
It also improves compatibility with Visual Studio 2008 and Windows Vista™. A comprehensive list of fixes that were previously published in the Microsoft Knowledgebase can be found by following the appropriate link under Additional Information on this page.

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System Requirements

Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000 Service Pack 4; Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2; Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 x64 Edition; Windows Vista Business; Windows Vista Business 64-bit edition; Windows Vista Enterprise; Windows Vista Enterprise 64-bit edition; Windows Vista Home Basic; Windows Vista Home Basic 64-bit edition; Windows Vista Home Premium; Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit edition; Windows Vista Starter; Windows Vista Ultimate; Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit edition; Windows XP Service Pack 2

Required Software: Visual Source Safe 2005

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Instructions

This GDR prerelease may be installed before or after installing Visual Studio.
It is recommended that this GDR prerelease be installed before using SourceSafe integration inside Visual Studio 2008 (formerly codenamed “Orcas”). If you install Orcas, you must then reregister tdnamespaceextension.dll. Once fully installed, this GDR is compatible with all Orcas releases Beta 1 and later.

The GDR prerelease only needs to be installed once.

The GDR prerelease can be installed over any existing SourceSafe 2005 hotfixes. In addition, future hotfixes will contain all of the changes from this GDR (cumulative). Older builds will never overwrite newer builds.

It is recommended that you backup your SourceSafe databases before installing this GDR prerelease

To install this update, we recommend that you follow these steps: