Visual SourceSafe 2005, good and bad

I finally got a chance to install and use Visual SourceSafe 2005, and here's the tidbit I figured out along the way:

- You need Visual Source Safe 2005 to work with Visual Studio .Net 2005. VisualSourceSafe 6 won't work with VS.Net 2005.

- SourceSafe 2005 is no long a green application. Sigh :-<

- Visual SourceSafe 2005 can recognize SourceSafe 6 database and it works just fine.

- Visual SourceSafe 2005 is NOT included in VS.Net 2005 Pro. You have to find it in VS.Net 2005 TEam System DVD.

- To make VS.Net 2005 starts using Visual SourceSafe 2005, you need to go to [Tools][Option], and in SourceSafe section, set the Plug-in selection and Plug-in setting (for proper user name).

Fun with Dot Net Compact Framework 2.0 SP1

To use Dot Net Compact Framework 2.0 SP 1 with Visual Studio .Net 2005
Step 1: uninstall Dot Net Compact Framework 2.0.
Step 2: Install Dot Net Compact Framework 2.0 SP 1
Done.

Installing .Net Compact Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 Redistributable

Once again, Microsoft's documentation failed to point out what shit needed to be done in order to be able to successfully Install .Net Compact Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 Redistributable.

I later figured out that I need to remove the Microsoft.Net Compact Framework 2.0 in order to get CF 2.0 SP1 installation running properly.

But unfortunately, along the process I accidentally removed Microsoft .Net Compact Framework 1.0 SP3 DEveloper. Now I don't have access to .Net Compact Framework 1.0 (the whole thing). Damn it.