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| | The Minding Your Own Business Network is not currently active and cannot accept new posts | | Keeping track of passwords | Views: 1123 | | Apr 25, 2006 5:55 pm | | Keeping track of passwords | # | 
Denise O'Berry | | Dear MYOB Members --
I don't know about you, but I have at least 100 online accounts that require a user name and password. Some are fussier than others about what is acceptable.
I've come up with a way that works for me to manage passwords (and remember them!), but am curious about how you do it.
Do you have enough usernames / passwords that you need help managing them and how do you do that?
Best regards,
Denise O'Berry
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http://www.justforsmallbusiness.comPrivate Reply to Denise O'Berry | | Apr 25, 2006 10:23 pm | | re: Keeping track of passwords | # | 
Andrew Barnes | | I use 'roboform, but I am cheeky. I admit it.
Don't tell anyone, but if you sign up for the 'pro' version, within 30 days, your software is stopped, and where you had 100 passwords stored, the free version, that it reverts to, will only allow 10.
If you can aford to buy the 'Pro;' great. It is an excellent piece of kit.
However, when my 30 days were up, I didn't have the funds in the kitty. I would gladly buy it now.
If I needed to.
If you just click on 'edit' you get your list of ALL of you 'passcards'. If you are moving between sites quickly, just keep the 'edit' box in your taskbar and call it up, find by name, copy/paste and you're there.
Bad I know. Don't quote me!! But are friends for???
now you have this, tell windows to go back to 'default'. Roboform requires a passwortd to get to your passwords.
What if someone stole your cmputer, and got in.
clear the IE Cache. NOW!
The roboform will create a file, not in 'program files' but to 'C'. or wahtever hard-drive you're using.
Save it to CD/Floppy (it will fit).
Secure!
Metta.
AndyE Barnes
"The Honest Marketer".
http://www.yourfirstimpression.infoPrivate Reply to Andrew Barnes | | Apr 25, 2006 11:00 pm | | re: Keeping track of passwords | # | 
Audrey Okaneko | | Denise,
I keep track of my passwords on an excel spreadsheet. Also, I have windows remember my password and if a site allows the "remember me" I use it. I print a hard copy occasionally. User names is another story. I try very hard to use Audrey. If that's taken I use AudreyO, which almost always works. Sometimes that too is taken. So, while I have my passwords in excel, I've never put my user names there.
Audrey
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David Norcross | | I use FlexWallet 2006
http://webis.net/products_info.php?p_id=wallet&dir=wm&tab_id=download
I has a great desktop solution and a Pocket PC sync at a very affordable price.
DavidPrivate Reply to David Norcross | | Apr 25, 2006 11:29 pm | | re: re: re: Keeping track of passwords | # | 
Sujit Pal | | I use pwsafe, a command line tool that allows you to store your username, password, comments (where I usually put in the start page of the site). It generates very cryptographically strong passwords for you, starting at 36 chars long (I think), but you can bring it down to whatever size the site will allow, or even override it. For example, some sites will not accept special characters, so I usually replace them with alphabets or numbers which are close to them either by sound or appearance.
I am a command line freak, so I use it on Linux, but you can also use it on Windows. I think there is also a GUI tool in Windows for it, but I am not sure. The command line usage is quite simple:
pwsafe -l # list all accounts (name and comment).
pwsafe -a # add a new account
pwsafe -pu AccountName # return the password and username for AccountName.
Its free to download, here is the URL (and I am just a happy user, no other relation with the author(s) :-)).
http://nsd.dyndns.org/pwsafe/
I have separate copies at work and on my laptop, but I merge them occasionally. I have heard of people putting their pwsafe database on a USB thumbdrive too so its more portable.
-sujitPrivate Reply to Sujit Pal | | Apr 25, 2006 11:37 pm | | re: Keeping track of passwords | # | 
Reg Charie | | I use an Excel work book for everything.
Client contact info, book keeping, letters, communications, logins and
passwords, to do lists, subscriptions, memberships, macros, and even use it to
do things like floor plans by changing the size of the cells to make a graph
paper.
This file is my life so it is heavily protected and backed up frequently.
It is encrypted and pass word protected with a 24 digit code which is my bank
card number with 4 digits changed, and 8 additional letters, caps, and lower case
mixed.
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Graeme Pascoe | | If you go to sourceforge.net and type "password" in the search, you will find quite a list of programs.
As I am using Windows I have downloaded KeePass Password Safe. It looks good but I have yet to set it up.
Thanks for the prompt to do this. I had only just found that I could not remember a password that is important, but I dont need often and was such a waste of time recovering it.
I had wanted to add all passwords in my procedures manual (which is only just started). But a program like this, that holds all passwords securely, is a good idea.Private Reply to Graeme Pascoe | | Apr 27, 2006 7:10 pm | | re: Keeping track of passwords | # | 
Deena Gainor | | Hi everyone. Wow...I have just used Word to keep track of all of my information (on one page - in alphabetical order). It's been simple and easy and requires nothing!
I'll have to explore some of the suggestions you all made. I had no idea some of them even existed.
Deena Gainor
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Private Reply to Deena Gainor | | Apr 27, 2006 7:22 pm | | Keeping track of passwords | # | 
Casper Stockham - Success Leaves Clue$ | | I use Passkeeper
It is a great little free program that works very well.
PassKeeper is a Windows utility that allows you to keep a list of accounts with usernames, passwords, and notes. This list is stored encrypted.
PassKeeper is free for individual and non-profit use. http://www.passkeeper.com/
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Christine Cee | | Hi
I tried to keep track of passwords using a spreadsheet or otherwise but it was too time consuming. I dreaded having to load the program and find what I needed. Although I don't have 100 passwords, I do keep my list in a spiral notebook that is always beside my computer. I also tend to generate only 3-4 different passwords and keep recirculating them on various accounts.
Chris
Proword Wizard Writing Services
www.webspawner.com/users/wordwizardry/index.html Private Reply to Christine Cee | | May 04, 2006 1:28 am | | re: Keeping track of passwords | # | 
Beverly Thackeray | | There are devices on the market for this specific issue. It's kind of like one of those memory sticks, but it's just for keeping track of passwords. You can pull it out, and take it with you wherever you go, so if you use a lot of different computers, you always have access to your passwords. Private Reply to Beverly Thackeray | | May 14, 2006 3:31 am | | re: re: Keeping track of passwords | # | 
Eileen @ Business Design Studio | | I have my hundreds of passwords stored in SplashID, which is a little application that resides both on my hard drive and on my Palm Treo phone. This works exceptionally well because I can create categories (Debit Cards, Web Sites, Voice Mail) and then customize the fields for each category. Ie., name, description, URL, username, password for the Web Sites category. Bank name, account #, pin#, username, password for the Bank Accounts. That sort of thing.
The really sweet aspect of this solution is that it synchs with the Palm version so if I'm out of the office, I have access to ALL those accounts via teh Palm phone. Of course, its also password protected in case I should lose my phone. Its also really nice to know that if I had a disaster on my hard drive, I'd at least be able to access accounts.
Eileen Parzek
Business Design Studio (http://www.businessdesignstudio.com)
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James P Reardon Sr. | | Me, LoL. I don't trust to many password savers. Call me old fashion but I use NOTEBOOK.EXE and save it on to my a drive. Also - I've found it's easier to remember funny phrases rather than one word. It may be a a bit longer but that's a strong password. Just thought I would share. Now I feel like Fred Flintstone compared to some, LoL. I think at last count I had about 75 saved on that notebook file. Looks like it's time to go through it again and see if any accounts were closed.
Happy Monday,
James P Reardon Sr.
http://www.bettermember.netPrivate Reply to James P Reardon Sr. | | May 22, 2006 5:38 pm | | re: Keeping track of passwords | # | 
Gisela McKay | | I have mine in a PGP-encrypted text file.
Essentially I have one really long password to recall, though I remember most of the others anyway.Private Reply to Gisela McKay | | May 22, 2006 11:12 pm | | re: Keeping track of passwords | # | 
Rachel deHar | | Wow, I had no idea that technology for this even existed. That will serve me right if I lose all my data.
Currently I keep all passwords in a word file (saved to disk) that I update regularly. I also try to keep the same username on most of my accounts and rotate with 3-4 different passwords so as not overwhelm myself with to many.
I may have to look into investing in some of the technology that others use. :)
Rachel deHar
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Debbie Fortier-Success Leaves Clues | | Old fashioned way here...kinda
In memory in my telephone per ABC's....
Super easy to edit or update,
Debbie
Small Business Healthcare Advocate
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Andrew Barnes | | I have recently started to simplify my time on-line.
As previously stated, I used to use roboform. This was because I was wary of allowing IE to store my log-in's in case of computer theft.
However, I got to figuring, if someone was able to access my hard-drive, having figured out my main system password, then what's to stop them accessing Roboform?
As a result, I have now reverted to using the IE auto-save features.
By typing in just the first letter of my email or username (always a), I get a drop down of choices. By autosaving the login the first time it is used (just turn it on in your IE options), the login page of any site is then done for me.
By downloading the MSN toolbar, I also get tagged browsing and an auto-fill for forms requiring address etc.
Finally, in case of comp. crash, I also save the login info to my PIM/CRM under the sites address card, as an extra back-up.
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