PC utilities: Help! I'm at my wits end trying to manage my passwords
- 2/27/09 4:58 PM
secure and convenient passwords
by winstonh5 - 4/18/09 3:40 AM In reply to: Managing passwords by Linall9I use a flash drive that I keep below my monitor for passwords. Remove when not using. I access this file from my quick load tray line at bottom of screen.
I set up Excel file so I can keep lines in alphabetical order when creating new P/W.
Column A: name of accounts in alphabetical order
Column B: email address if one is required to access the account. I have more than one address.
Column C: username
Column D: password
Column E: Comments-date this password was set up, security questions answers, misc. notes such as explaining that I am using the number zero in place of the letter “o” or the number 1 in place of the letter “l” or the dollar sign in place of the letter “s”.
I have used this system for 6 years with no problems.
It is more flexible that packaged password programs and more secure.
It allows me to strikethrough old password lines without deleting them from my list.
It allows me to have multiple passwords for the same account set up with different ISP’s.
It allows me to write notes regarding the contents in each account.
Winstonh5
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by PaulineMiles - 4/18/09 4:12 PM In reply to: Help! I'm at my wits end trying to manage my passwords by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Try downloading 'Roboform' - 10 free passwords without paying a thing! I find it a great programme!. P.
Remembering passwords is no longer necessary !
by PaulDequidt - 4/19/09 6:28 AM In reply to: Help! I'm at my wits end trying to manage my passwords by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
As I mentioned before on the CNet forum, I have tested since more than five years now the multilingual Roboform software and found that this is the only secure software to remind you of your password for any form and any limitations or restrictions present in the fill-in form. See the tutorial video under the button "Play video" for this at www.roboform.com.
I use one program for password management
by kanehi - 4/25/09 1:03 AM In reply to: Help! I'm at my wits end trying to manage my passwords by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I use SPB Wallet. It can memorize multiple passwords for all your needs. It can also link your password to a web site and automatically log you in. I chose this program because it also works with my phone (tmobile wing) and can synchronize with my laptop/desktop. It's a very versatile program.
I use Notepad
by Teklord00 - 5/2/09 7:37 AM In reply to: Help! I'm at my wits end trying to manage my passwords by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I type in the name of the website and the password that corresponds to it and save that info in MS Notepad. Free and easy to do.
my passwords
by shoebob - 6/7/09 11:20 AM In reply to: Help! I'm at my wits end trying to manage my passwords by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Now i cant tell you how to manage your own passwords, or tell you what programs to trust, but i can tell you what I do with mine. I use Norton Internet Security... it comes with a toolbar for your IE or Firefox..ect and as you go to the website... fill in your information it will ask if you want to save it... then it will be added to a list in that toolbar, Now after that is done.. anytime you go back to that webpage it will AUTOFILL it in for you and AUTOLOG you in without you clicking. ALSO your toolbar.. before you see your list of logins.. its password protected for public computers. It worked fine for me.
- Now the upside... you can backup all your logins within the toolbar and saving a little single file to a floppy/cd/external..ect. So if you have a system crash and you had 50 logins... all you have to do is restore that single file within the toolbar and their all back... no problems.
- Downside - It cost money and it was a add-on to NIS 09
- Now their are alot of toolbars and programs that save your information... but are they safe? I dont know.. you cant really trust much these days. Hopefully someone has a great program they would like to share.
Managing Passwords
by PaulineMiles - 6/8/09 1:34 AM In reply to: Help! I'm at my wits end trying to manage my passwords by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Definitely your answer is to try ROBOFORM.COM. The Free version gives you 10 passwords. The Pro version gives you unlimited number of passwords. Not quite sure but believe it is a one off payment and you get free updates. I don't know what I did without it or what I would do if I didn't have it. I don't know why everyone doesn't have it. It is essential to every computer user. All the best. PM
Anytime Organizer is what I use
by cdpetch - 7/31/09 12:44 PM In reply to: Help! I'm at my wits end trying to manage my passwords by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I use Anytime Ogranizer software, with separate files. Home, weekend house, Assets, Software PW/register numbers etc.
Orgazier has PW protection. You can log in for each file, and I put most of my passswords in the NOTES page of each entry for printing and copy and pasting.
I can title the page entry, EZpass, Citibank, codes to validate sotfware, and on. From notes, I can copy and paste the pw/IDs or even software registration number and past them into where ever needed.
And you can print out all the pages of a file or just print one entry of a file say: Citibank PW/ID, and have it on paper at your side.
When I travel I can put it on an SD card (password protected) or a memory stick and carry it with me.
This worked for me.
by devmartin8 - 8/3/09 7:17 AM In reply to: Help! I'm at my wits end trying to manage my passwords by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I have had the same problem and this worked for me. I use the same basic info whenever I can, but if the site requires a different user name or password than I normally use, then I copy and paste (the name of the site, my user id, and my password) into a special e-mail folder that I can quickly refer to when I just can't get on. The majority of the sites either require a 6 or an 8 password and I have two different user names one for the 6 and one for the 8 which I use frequently, but if it requires a different user name and or has an unusual requirement for the password, this helps me keep track of it,
and I am much less frustrated. If my computer goes down, I can access this info from the public library, a friend's computer, or even my new computer if it comes to that.
Program to store
by puzzler995 - 8/6/09 7:39 PM In reply to: Help! I'm at my wits end trying to manage my passwords by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
If you have a Mac and/or iPhone/iPod Touch you can use a program called 1Password. It will store passwords, create random passwords to your specs, and store other personal info!!! and if you have them both you can sync them!
RoboForm
by cevolle - 9/3/09 10:37 AM In reply to: Help! I'm at my wits end trying to manage my passwords by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I have used RoboForm for years and love it. Have it on ALL my computers. Goggle it and download. It's ad-free, inexpensive and easy to use to fill in all your passwords and forms securely. And anytime you want, you can print out all your passwords and store it in hard copy to take with you on a trip or if your computer crashes or whatever. I do this periodically and store it in my fireproof safe. The last thing I want to be without is all my password! It even has a password generator. Check it out; you'll wonder how you ever lived without it.
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