Customer Reviews

Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 2005 [Old Version]

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I've used VSS for years, just started using it again, the 2005 version with VS2005 and 2008. I've had nothing but trouble. Corruption, checking out files for no reason when I do a sync, and today it just overwrote about 20 files I had checked out with their old versions. If I didn't have backups - I'd have lost weeks of work.

Obviously I don't recommend anyone use this product! It's horrible. I've had trouble for weeks with coworkers and my work getting messed up on the servers because of errors with this software. Today is the final straw.

I had to purchase this for a job. I'm used to old text-based systems like cvs and svn. I did not expect this "modern" system to be so much worse. It is nearly impossible to work with stand-alone. The interface is terrible, and makes what should be simple queries cryptic and clunky (and sometimes impossible). If you're not already stuck using this, use something better. If you are already stuck using this, transition to something better as soon as you can. Subversion (SVN) is free and it's far superior in every way.

Microsoft Visual Problem Causer 2005 was a bad purchase and not my decision. Once installed caused a myriad of problems and was a horrible idea from the start. Microsoft has newer versions of this software under a different name. Research wisely and test, test, test, before putting in a production environment.

Fast delivery as promised, product for as great price. Will use again.