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Hey guys. Recently I noted that I keep most of my passwords on an unprotected note pad file. Well I just deleted it, and saved it on my external drive. I want to still be able to access them, but if someone was to hack me and that was still there, well, I could be hacked out of my pants.
So I was wondering if there is any safe free service or trial I can use that perhaps I can later buy if I like it during the trial period. I need something that has password protection possibly so I can keep my passwords safe.
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I downloaded Roboform again, but for some reason it's not working properly. When I select the toolbar to appear, only the search bar shows up. Not the "auto fill" buttons or anything.
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Edit the roboform toolbar and add/remove the buttons you need. If that does not work, post back and I'll figure out where it stores the config data so you can reset it. 
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I'm such a dolt sometimes. I customized it and it fixed it. Thanks guys! 
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Just for the record, roboform only lets you do 10 passwords on the free version, so for the rest of the ones I have stored on a notepad file, can they be easily compromised without protection? I installed a new Vista firewall for protection, but I'm just curious if it's safe to store those passwords left on an unpassworded notepad file.
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In Vista you can actually encrypt them. I don't have it installed at the moment, but see if you can right click and encrypt it. 
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Hm, I tried to encrypt it, but the selection is greyed out for some reason.
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For something portable I use a .pdf file that can be password protected to prevent opening. Adobe Acrobat has the feature, don't know about other PDF programs. But then Adobe Acrobat is expensive.
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Yeah, I thought about using a pdf but I don't have Acrobat unfortunately. I'm really confused as to why the encrypt feature would be greyed out. I searched the net' for anyone having this issue and apparently it has something to do with 64bit users. I don't know what specifically or if there's a way around it.
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