what is Visual SourceSafe ?

OVERVIEW

Microsoft VSS helps you manage your projects, regardless of the file type (text files, graphics files, binary files, sound files, or video files) by saving them to a database. When you need to share files between two or more projects, you can share them quickly and efficiently. When you add a file to VSS, the file is backed up on the database, made available to other people, and changes that have been made to the file are saved so you can recover an old version at any time. Members of your team can see the latest version of any file, make changes, and save a new version in the database. When a file (or set of files) is ready to deliver to another person, group, Web site, or any other location, VSS makes it easy to share and secure different versions of the selected set of files.

What exactly is VSS?

Version control is a critical facet of team software and Web site development, preventing users from accidental file loss, allowing back-tracking to previous versions, branching, merging and the managing of releases. Visual SourceSafe provides this robust versioning and configuration management functionality along with security and audit trail capabilities. Visual SourceSafe, simply put, is a source control system. Source control is highly desirable when developing software, web sites, or anywhere you may want to compare two versions of a file or return to a previous version.

What are the VSS System Requirements? 

Computer/Processor: PC with 486DX/66 MHz or higher processor; Pentium or higher processor recommended.  Memory: 16 MB RAM for Windows 95 or later (32 MB recommended); 24 MB for Windows NT 4.0 (32 MB recommended). Hard Disk: Client: Typical Install: 59MB; Max. Install: 72 MB; Server: Typical Install: 128 MB; Max. Install: 141 MB;