Visual SourceSafe Frequently Asked Questions

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1. Where can I find a list of known bugs in VSS?. 4

2. What was fixed by Service Pack 3 for Visual Studio?. 4

3. Is VSS Y2K compliant?. 4

4. VSS System Capacities -- database/file sizes, number of users?. 4

5. VSS performance is extremely slow. 4

6. How can I put revision history information in the source files each time I check in a file?. 4

7. What are the tips for getting keyword expansion working?. 4

8. Are there any third party articles which compare VSS with other source code control products?. 5

9. Microsoft VSS Best Practices. 5

Administration: 5

10. How can I access VSS from a remote site over the Internet directly of via a web portal?. 5

11. How do I convert my PVCS archive to VSS?. 5

12. How do I get all users out of VSS in order to perform a backup?. 5

13. How can I lock and unlock the VSS database prior to running Analyze or backing up the database. 5

14. How can I tell which files in the database correspond to files in my project?. 5

15. What’s Analyze?. 6

16. Is there some way to get a list of errors from Analyze?. 6

17. How can I move a database or create a new one?. 6

18. How can I backup a database?. 6

19. How can I archive old projects or old versions of current projects?. 6

20. Is VSS 5.0 compatible with a 4.0 database? Do I have to upgrade all users to the new version? What about 6.0? 6

21. Does VSS 6.0 support NT's built-in security?. 7

22. How do I get deleted files (not permanently deleted)?. 7

23. How do I rename a label?. 7

24. How do I recover from a lost administration password?. 7

25. How to require check-in comments?. 7

26. How can I automate database maintenance routines?. 7

Integration with other products: 7

27. The integration isn’t working between VSS and VB/VC. What can I do?. 7

28. How do I reconnect a project after the shared workspace file loses the project location?. 8

29. How do I disconnect VSS from a particular VC project?. 8

30. The integration isn’t working between VSS and FrontPage/Visual InterDev. What can I do?. 8

31. How does one implement SourceSafe integration with FrontPage 2000/ 8

32. What about other product integrations?.