INFO: Visual SourceSafe 6.0 Installation as a Stand Alone Product (246876)

SUMMARY

This article delineates the aspects of a Visual SourceSafe stand alone installation.

When you purchase and install Microsoft Visual SourceSafe as an individual product (as opposed to getting Visual SourceSafe as part of an Enterprise Edition product), you are led through the installation process similar to past install processes.

You are presented with the following three options when installing the individual box version of Visual SourceSafe:

Shared Database Server
Custom
Stand Alone

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Shared Database Server

This option creates a database and installs the admin software and the Netsetup program so that you can install the client software from the server. Choosing this option installs the following:

Create Database
Admin Tools
Client Tools
Integration components and Registry Settings
Help Files
Netsetup Image
IE4 Setup Image

Custom

This option allows you to select the set of components installed to your computer. You can choose from the following components:

Create Local (or Remote) Database
Admin Tools
Client Tools
Integration components and Registry Settings
Netsetup Image
IE4 Setup Image
Conversion Utilities
Help Files

Stand Alone

This options creates a private database on your local computer; it does not create a Netsetup image.

Create Database
Admin Tools
Client Tools
Integration components and Registry Settings
Help Files

Use the Shared Database Server when you are creating a database that will be used by many clients. This Shared Database Server option can be used to install a database to a local or remote drive. Use the Custom option when you want to choose the items to install to your computer, and use the stand alone option when you are setting up a database for individual use.