Password Manager suggestion needed

On my Windows XP system I have Norton SystemWorks 2004. Part of the
program is a Password Manager. It is just a great program. It knows
when I am on a site that needs an email address & password entered in,
and will do it for you if you say "yes".

Now I have my father in the Internet with a Windows 98 computer. He
is surely not going to buy a Password Manager program, but complains
about having to enter stuff in. (Hey, if you were 81 years old, you
have a right to be kind of stubborn).

The freeware Password Managers I have looked at are just clever little
programs that keep URL addresses along with login names & passwords.
This is better than nothing, but these aren't "intelligent" (??)
programs - you still have to open the PW Manager Window, & copy/paste,
more or less.

I won't hold my breath, but does anyone know of a freeware Password
Manager that works like my Norton one I mentioned above?

Thanks, Big Mac

Big Mac wrote:

On my Windows XP system I have Norton SystemWorks 2004. Part of the
program is a Password Manager. It is just a great program. It knows
when I am on a site that needs an email address & password entered in,
and will do it for you if you say "yes".

Now I have my father in the Internet with a Windows 98 computer. He
is surely not going to buy a Password Manager program, but complains
about having to enter stuff in. (Hey, if you were 81 years old, you
have a right to be kind of stubborn).

I'm 79, and working on it!;-)

The freeware Password Managers I have looked at are just clever little
programs that keep URL addresses along with login names & passwords.
This is better than nothing, but these aren't "intelligent" (??)
programs - you still have to open the PW Manager Window, & copy/paste,
more or less.

I won't hold my breath, but does anyone know of a freeware Password
Manager that works like my Norton one I mentioned above?

Take a look at Mozilla Firefox as an alternative to Internet Explorer.
It has a built in password manager. It doesn't seem to have as many
security problems as does IE.

http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

Virg Wall
--
A foolish consistency is the
hobgoblin of little minds,........
Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Microsoft programmer's manual.)

I use AiRoboForm which is very good. They have a free version and a Pro
version.

http://www.roboform.com

Gator is another freebee but it is a spy program which will plague you with
ads, popups, etc. Best to stay away from it.


--
Don
--------
Vancouver, USA - One of the great cities in one of the 45+ countries in the
Americas!



"Big Mac" wrote in message
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On my Windows XP system I have Norton SystemWorks 2004. Part of the
program is a Password Manager. It is just a great program. It knows
when I am on a site that needs an email address & password entered in,
and will do it for you if you say "yes".

Now I have my father in the Internet with a Windows 98 computer. He
is surely not going to buy a Password Manager program, but complains
about having to enter stuff in. (Hey, if you were 81 years old, you
have a right to be kind of stubborn).

The freeware Password Managers I have looked at are just clever little
programs that keep URL addresses along with login names & passwords.
This is better than nothing, but these aren't "intelligent" (??)
programs - you still have to open the PW Manager Window, & copy/paste,
more or less.

I won't hold my breath, but does anyone know of a freeware Password
Manager that works like my Norton one I mentioned above?

Thanks, Big Mac

VWWall wrote:

Take a look at Mozilla Firefox as an alternative to Internet Explorer.
It has a built in password manager. It doesn't seem to have as many
security problems as does IE.

http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

Virg Wall

Excellent advice. Besides the password manager it has a cookie manager,
built-in popup blocker and a wealth of free extensions that facilitate
building a browser truly customized for *YOUR* needs. Get the
Thunderbird e-mail and newsgroup client while you're at it.
http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/

mm

Win98 has such a utility.
IE properties/Content tab/Auto Complete Button.Check the
boxes,at top, for what you want.
If you go this route I would suggest NOT to do any of his
finacial work on that machine. Hacking program can get his
access to his bank account this way. I save nothing to my
computer dealing with passwords or user names.
But I can see a need for someone who may not have a sharp
memory to keep all the passwords in his/her memory.
-----Original Message-----
On my Windows XP system I have Norton SystemWorks 2004.
Part of the
program is a Password Manager. It is just a great
program. It knows
when I am on a site that needs an email address &
password entered in,
and will do it for you if you say "yes".

Now I have my father in the Internet with a Windows 98
computer. He
is surely not going to buy a Password Manager program,
but complains
about having to enter stuff in. (Hey, if you were 81
years old, you
have a right to be kind of stubborn).

The freeware Password Managers I have looked at are just
clever little
programs that keep URL addresses along with login names &
passwords.
This is better than nothing, but these
aren't "intelligent" (??)
programs - you still have to open the PW Manager Window,
& copy/paste,
more or less.

I won't hold my breath, but does anyone know of a
freeware Password
Manager that works like my Norton one I mentioned above?

Thanks, Big Mac

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"Don Schmidt" Retired wrote in message
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I use AiRoboForm which is very good. They have a free version and a Pro
version.

http://www.roboform.com

Gator is another freebee but it is a spy program which will plague you
with
ads, popups, etc. Best to stay away from it.

Gator also leaves all your passwords unencrypted in a hidden window, ripe
for the picking by any malware that just happens along.

"Big Mac" wrote in message
news
On my Windows XP system I have Norton SystemWorks 2004. Part of the
program is a Password Manager. It is just a great program. It knows
when I am on a site that needs an email address & password entered in,
and will do it for you if you say "yes".

Now I have my father in the Internet with a Windows 98 computer. He
is surely not going to buy a Password Manager program, but complains
about having to enter stuff in. (Hey, if you were 81 years old, you
have a right to be kind of stubborn).

The freeware Password Managers I have looked at are just clever little
programs that keep URL addresses along with login names & passwords.
This is better than nothing, but these aren't "intelligent" (??)
programs - you still have to open the PW Manager Window, & copy/paste,
more or less.

I won't hold my breath, but does anyone know of a freeware Password
Manager that works like my Norton one I mentioned above?

Thanks, Big Mac

'Didn't know that. Thanks for the alert.

Don


"XMan" wrote in message
...
"Don Schmidt" Retired wrote in message
...
I use AiRoboForm which is very good. They have a free version and a Pro
version.

http://www.roboform.com

Gator is another freebee but it is a spy program which will plague you
with
ads, popups, etc. Best to stay away from it.

Gator also leaves all your passwords unencrypted in a hidden window, ripe
for the picking by any malware that just happens along.

"Big Mac" wrote in message
news
On my Windows XP system I have Norton SystemWorks 2004. Part of the
program is a Password Manager. It is just a great program. It knows
when I am on a site that needs an email address & password entered in,
and will do it for you if you say "yes".

Now I have my father in the Internet with a Windows 98 computer. He
is surely not going to buy a Password Manager program, but complains
about having to enter stuff in. (Hey, if you were 81 years old, you
have a right to be kind of stubborn).

The freeware Password Managers I have looked at are just clever little
programs that keep URL addresses along with login names & passwords.
This is better than nothing, but these aren't "intelligent" (??)
programs - you still have to open the PW Manager Window, & copy/paste,
more or less.

I won't hold my breath, but does anyone know of a freeware Password
Manager that works like my Norton one I mentioned above?

Thanks, Big Mac

Mostly Me (MM) wrote:

VWWall wrote:

Take a look at Mozilla Firefox as an alternative to Internet Explorer.
It has a built in password manager. It doesn't seem to have as many
security problems as does IE.

http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

Virg Wall


Excellent advice. Besides the password manager it has a cookie manager,
built-in popup blocker and a wealth of free extensions that facilitate
building a browser truly customized for *YOUR* needs. Get the
Thunderbird e-mail and newsgroup client while you're at it.
http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/

I use Thunderbird as well. Just as I pressed the "send" button, I
thought that should have been added! :-) Thanks.

There's an excellent forum on Mozilla products at:

http://www.mozillazine.org/

Virg Wall
--
A foolish consistency is the
hobgoblin of little minds,........
Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Microsoft programmer's manual.)

ppoatt wrote:
Win98 has such a utility.
IE properties/Content tab/Auto Complete Button.Check the
boxes,at top, for what you want.
If you go this route I would suggest NOT to do any of his
finacial work on that machine. Hacking program can get his
access to his bank account this way. I save nothing to my
computer dealing with passwords or user names.
But I can see a need for someone who may not have a sharp
memory to keep all the passwords in his/her memory.


Hi,
Auto-complete is a far cry from being a password manager. It's not even
close. That's like saying a light switch is an electricity manager.

I wouldn't store "important" login information such as for banking sites
either, but a password manager allows *you*, not the browser, to pick
and choose which ones to store.

mm

"Big Mac" wrote in message
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On my Windows XP system I have Norton SystemWorks 2004. Part of the
program is a Password Manager. It is just a great program. It knows
when I am on a site that needs an email address & password entered in,
and will do it for you if you say "yes".

Now I have my father in the Internet with a Windows 98 computer. He
is surely not going to buy a Password Manager program, but complains
about having to enter stuff in. (Hey, if you were 81 years old, you
have a right to be kind of stubborn).

The freeware Password Managers I have looked at are just clever little
programs that keep URL addresses along with login names & passwords.
This is better than nothing, but these aren't "intelligent" (??)
programs - you still have to open the PW Manager Window, & copy/paste,
more or less.

I won't hold my breath, but does anyone know of a freeware Password
Manager that works like my Norton one I mentioned above?

In Internet Explorer -- Tools/Internet Options/Content/Auto Complete has
settings for auto-entering passwords. When setup it will ask the first time
you type it in if you want it to remember them. Next visit to the site jst
mouse click where the user name goes or email address and it will plop it
in. At least that's how it goes with IE 5.5. As mentioned, Firefox is a good
browser for remembering passwords and auto-enters when you appear on the
page.