PC utilities forum: Poll: How do you keep track of all your passwords?

I use Roboform to keep track of passwords.

I keep my passwords on a flashdrive that I keep with me on my keyring. A printout is in the safe.

Roboform. I have one Master password to remember that is a toughy and that is the one that unlocks all the others. Pretty good program.

I also use the Excel Spreadsheet.
For back-up I up-load it to an online storage space and also make a back-up on a floppy.

I have kept all details in a word file which is locked using "folder lock".

I've also used SplashID for years, its available for iPhone which I use now. I love how easy it is, and the price is low.

Add Foxmarks (FF add-on) to sync to all your machines and what more do u need?

I enter my email address/user info on a Rolodex card along with my password. OR for some, I use lamination machine and make cards with the info on them, laminate, then put them on luggage tags on a keyring.
Linda

I keep a Rolodex with the complete name, addresses (snail, mailing & physical location), phone #s, at least 2 points of contact names and a short description of what/why/when I needed to the information. Within all that information is a password. I do not need to lock it up because there is no pattern to what the password might be and all are unique. I find the older I get the worse my memory is and the alphabetical Rolodex is just what I need. If necessary, I can lock it in the safe until it is safe to leave out again. My assorted user names are also unique for each of the letters of the alphabet in my Rolodex Currently there are about 400 cards in the file and some cards are in their 10th or more edition based on how often passwords have to be changed.

I save all mine on a flash drive in an Excel chart. In addition they are all written down BACKWARDS so if anyone does find them they don't work. (except dad & mom & wow, etc!!)

I depended on a password manager from Dataviz for years but it only synchs with Palm based devices. I have tested Roboform, KeePass and a few others but just recently found a product named eWallet by ilium software. I needed a version to work with my laptop and smartphone while my wife needed a version to synch between her laptop and Blackberry. They have the solutions and they work great.

I use Roboform which I think is fantastic and it saves me so much time and worry. I also have a reminder in my calendar on the first of each mont to print out all my passwords from Roboform - and all my bank accounts and bill pay and Outlook address book - and I file them and put them in a safe place - locked draw. I think that anyone who got to them and realized what the information was would need a lot of time to work their way through it all.

The current version of Norton 360 includes a feature called Identity Safe that includes a password manager. Its not perfect, but I use it. Its feature rich and I don't have the patience to master it.

I usually write the user id and password down on my paper bills. If it's an acct like yahoo, or google.. with no paper I try to use the same three or four passwords that I know by heart..For my business there are so many more passwords to remember although I try to use the same one but I have my girls at the office create a file and then a printout of all the accts and passwords user id's etc.. then I keep it at home in a safe place. I don't think I would trust a program on the computer, although I do let windows remember some of my user ids. That does help..I have also found that even with extra security questions to go through you are not 100% safe. I had a girl working for us that knew all my security answers as she ran my office, then she left us and I had to think up new ones to protect everything. That can be really tricky when you have such basic questions like your mothers maiden name.. etc.. so I've learned to be creative, but even then I forget some of it..lol..

I use RoboForm... great product. As to crashed or stolen PCs: I have a backup of my entire hard drive on both an external hard drive and with SOS online backup. I think I'm safe.