Have you tried the latest bug fix: http://blogs.msdn.com/richardb/archive/2007/12/11/sourcesafe-2005-update-is-available-for-download.aspx


>>have you seen http://blogs.msdn.com/bharry/archive/2007/11/24/update-for-visual-sourcesafe-coming.aspx
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>Yep. I installed the CTP of the VSS2005 update w/no change in misbehaviour.
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>It's interesting that Microsoft is trying to fix a known VS2008 problem that they let get released with a patch to VSS2005 which works fine.