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Nice overview by Scott on the need for source control and the value it provides.  Also has a nice example of how failing to use source control can cost you (read $1.8 billion loss for NASA).

In addition to Visual Source Safe, here are three other good source control systems:

• CVS (free) - Probably the most widely used version control system.  Serves as the backbone for CollabNet, SourceForge, Tigris, etc.
  
  Related:
  • WinCvs - a cross-platform GUI for CVS
    
    
• Subversion (free)
  
  Subversion is my personal favorite.  If you want to use it, make sure to check out the following related projects:
  • AnkhSVN - VS.NET addin for Subversion
  • TortoiseSVN - A Windows shell extension for Subversion
  • RapidSVN - A cross-platform GUI front-end for Subversion
    
    
• SourceGear Vault (commercial) - A visual SourceSafe replacement.  I've never used it, but it's gotten great reviews from fellow developers.

Also, if you're dealing with multiple version control systems, make sure to look at SCCSwitch, which allows you to switch between SCCs in VS.NET.