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How to manage all those passwords?

by FredFarnes
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I'm looking for a good utility to store all my passwords. A spreadsheet or word doc is not great for this..

Any ideas?
#manage #passwords
  • Profile picture of the author John Taylor
    My guess is that the vast majority of Warriors will be using:
    RoboForm: Password Manager, Form Filler, Password Management

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  • Profile picture of the author Mark_Austin
    As well as Roboform I keep all mine in CoffeeCup Lockbox. You can download a trial version from the coffeecup site. The full version is only $19.
    coffeecup.com/lockbox/

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  • Profile picture of the author pjCheviot
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    Another regular question which keeps popping up.

    I agree with John - you will probably find Roboform : Many v Others : Few

    Personally, I couldn't cope without it (Roboform) - it's an age thing
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  • Profile picture of the author wan_14my
    Yeah.. use RoboForm or just set Firefox to save all your passwords.
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    • Profile picture of the author Martin
      It IS an age thing :-)

      I use Roboform and have done for a few years now, there used to be a free version - not sure if there still is.

      I recently moved over to their Roboform Portable which enables you to store the whole thing on a USB key - great for me because in an average week i will use my Desktop, Big Laptop and little Netbook so the combo of Roboform + Xmarks which synchs all my bookmarks, rss feeds etc as well means I'm as near as damnit device independant when i'm working or playing :-)
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  • Profile picture of the author howudoin
    Another one from the Roboform Brigade

    Seriously, Do yourself a favor and stick with Roboform. Not only its easy to use but its a personal favorite of several IMers. The free version will only store upto 10 passwords but $29 that you've pay for the upgrade is well worth it.

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  • Profile picture of the author ElectricChili
    KeePass. The price is right at $0. I have a couple hundred passwords in this thing. Nice and safe and encrypted. I think the link is keepass.info

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  • Profile picture of the author Anomaly1974
    Leads Leap Affiliate ID Manager stores lots of relevant information, is free and a very handy tool IMHO and again, the price is definitely right at free ... as is most of their software.
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    • Profile picture of the author Sunny Outside
      Originally Posted by davekorpi View Post

      ADDITIONALLY, Roboform AUTOMATICALLY LOGS you in, so it is not only a PASSWORD tool it is a login tool with the ability to search for the site you want to log in. O LOVE it!

      And that's a key point made by Dave. In other words:

      Say for instance that Google is your home page:

      All you have to do to log into Warriorforum or say for instance your email account is go up to the Roboform toolbar and with JUST ONE click you'll not only be bring the website up but you'll be logged in, too.
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      • Profile picture of the author Blase
        Maybe this was said.

        But a few years ago I went old school. I
        went out and bought an address book.

        Then I started writing my usernames and passwords
        in there alphabetically according to the site name.

        Works like a champ.
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  • Profile picture of the author eshannon
    Yeah, Roboform is great if you use a PC. For the Mac, I use 1Password.

    (when I switched to Mac a little over a year ago, Roboform was PC-only.... maybe that's changed though)
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  • Profile picture of the author Colin_Bird
    RoboForm for me - couldn't live without it now. I use it for my desktop and my laptop.

    I also have the portable version on a flashdrive for when I'm away from home 'laptopless'.

    I think that there is now a free version available that stores more than 10 passwords - check out their site.
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  • Profile picture of the author Wayne A
    Roboform is great. Really miss it now that I have a Mac.
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  • Profile picture of the author Goatboy
    I must be way out of date, I keep mine (about a hundred or so) in a little black address book (2.4 x 4.5). No worries about being hacked or system crashes and I find it it totally portable.
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  • Profile picture of the author ecoverartist
    I love Roboform. My husband got me interested in it a year or so ago and I've used it ever since. Before that, I relied on my....brain *eek!*

    There is a free version of Roboform that stores something like 10 or 15 passwords, but once you start using it for everything, 10 or 15 just isn't enough. They have a portable one too that you can carry on a USB stick which is really handy!
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    • Profile picture of the author James Liberty
      I purchased RoboForm at the suggestion of other Warriors... and it's a good program. (Though I'm still a bit disappointed that I actually had to pay to get a password solution).

      Tip: You should be able to snag a copy of RoboForm on Ebay for less than $25 (if you're willing to be patient).
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  • Profile picture of the author robinpike
    I agree ... Roboform is by far the best password/log in service out there. I have tried mulitple ones in the past and RF is by far superior.
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  • Profile picture of the author FredFarnes
    Thanks everyone great suggestions.
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    So, you want to sell me another way to easily make "X" dollars in "X" days? ROFL too funny! IM success requires hard work and lots of time. Most newbies do not survive the steep learning curve. Anyone who says otherwise is probably selling you a fantasy.

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  • Profile picture of the author Charlie Parker
    I use 1Password on the mac. Couldn't be without it.
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  • Profile picture of the author enterpryzman
    I use RoboForm and also have saved some in notepad tp copy/paste when needed. I did not know that I could take my Roboform with me on a USB device. It is hard having several computers and not having what I want on the one I happen to be using at that time....LOL

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  • Profile picture of the author DanielFonda
    Originally Posted by FredFarnes View Post

    I'm looking for a good utility to store all my passwords. A spreadsheet or word doc is not great for this..

    Any ideas?
    Well I usually use one password for all of my accounts (obviously I change the username).

    None the less, if you like to randomly pick your password I suggest the humble notebook. Simply write the sites address, your user name and password.

    This is fairly simple and it gets the job done.
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    • Profile picture of the author yaji
      This is a no, no, no.

      As IMer yu expect hundreds of passwords for sure unless you outsourcing your work.

      This is a necessity for IMers to have a program that can:

      1. Remembers your password
      2. Automatically fill-in the userID/password in a site you have an account
      3. Store in a server so if your PC crashes or you move to another PC you are still fine.

      I am a big fan of cloud computing. I hate to install programs in my PC as I hate to re-install if my PC dies. If a web-based app can do, use web-based products, things like myvidoop, Google docs/excels. etc..

      Just my 2 cents.

      Thanks.
      Yaji

      Originally Posted by DanielFonda View Post

      Well I usually use one password for all of my accounts (obviously I change the username).

      None the less, if you like to randomly pick your password I suggest the humble notebook. Simply write the sites address, your user name and password.

      This is fairly simple and it gets the job done.
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      • Profile picture of the author ClaytonY
        I remember seeing and downloading several password manager softwares on cnet. or download.com but then again, that was quite a while ago. Might want to check it out. As far as I remember, they had some pretty decent freeware out there
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  • Profile picture of the author Fox30
    Roboform is my vote...simple the best way to manage my passwords that I've ever found.
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  • Profile picture of the author venomous2000
    Spreadsheets are not the best place to put passwords as it can get jummbled up. If you are a leadsleap user they have a program on there, PM me if you need help finding it
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    RoboForm
    MS Excel

    And if you don't mind setting up simple macros

    The imacros firefox plugin works fine.
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    • Profile picture of the author Abdul Aziz
      RoboForm is definitely the way to go. It has made my life so much easier.
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  • Profile picture of the author johnpetrov
    Roboform is great. I use it everyday.
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  • Profile picture of the author yaji
    RoboForm is out-dated. The new trend is to use myvidoop. You don't need to carry your laptop to access those passwords it's stored in their server with strong encryption.

    So if my laptop crashes or I moved to another computer I am still OK.
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  • Profile picture of the author psworldwide
    Hi Fred
    I use KeePass Portable on a flash drive so you can take it with you anywhere.
    And also you don't lose them if your computer goes down, which I've found to be a life saver.
    You can get it from portableapps.com
    And as Rich mentioned it's free.

    Regards
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  • Profile picture of the author zeurois
    Originally Posted by FredFarnes View Post

    I'm looking for a good utility to store all my passwords. A spreadsheet or word doc is not great for this..

    Any ideas?
    Fireforx(set to store all your passwords) + XMarks - a free plugin that will help you share your bookmarks from a PC to another one if you use more than one computer. You can encrypt your passwords with a key only you know.

    Take care
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  • Profile picture of the author jennifermL
    You can take down note with it, or in a note pad and save to your flash drive sothat you can have it anywhere or save your notepad to your email address. but the best thing is to have common password or at least 3 so that you can manage it easily and keep it always memorized.
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  • Profile picture of the author waihon
    Looks like majority of the members who have responded use RoboForm.

    I use KeePass, as some of the members here do. It's open source and it's free. Maybe 1 or 2 more clicks/keystrokes compared to RoboForm but I have gotten used to it.

    Besides, the passwords file is portable.
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  • Profile picture of the author JoelAnnesley
    Yes I'm another happy RoboForm user I also bought the version for USB - which is quite handy if you are using public computers. Otherwise without it I can barely log into anything! The only thing I don't do enough of is sync my USB RoboForm2Go with my main RoboForm on my laptop.
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