Password Manager - Review - Lewis Satepas64

One challenge near of the states will face is keeping up with all those blasted passwords. You could choose one password for everything just one size doesn't always fit all and experts say that'due south not the moset secure practice.

Password Manager is a simple awarding for your Windows Telephone that comes with Dropbox Sync functionality and PC sync. Password Managing director allows you to store internet passwords, cyberbanking data, credit card data or miscellaneous passwords/info. If y'all have serial numbers you lot need to maintain, Password Director would be a skilful option for that as well.

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Password Manager Screens

Password Manager lays all your passwords, account information, and other vital details out rather nicely, taking full reward of the Windows Telephone 7 metro design. Each category has its ain page to make sorting through information technology all rather easy.

Password Manager Master Password

One time you lot install Password Manager, your first task is to establish a Master Countersign for the app. You lot can choose between a numeric or alpha/numeric password. This protects the overall app from unauthorized access. In the settings, y'all tin gear up the number of password attempts information technology takes to lock the app.

Password Manager Entry

The data entry screen has most thirty fields of information to help document your information as complete as possible. Passwords can be synced with PC, edit with MS EXCEL and so synced back with telephone making data entry super piece of cake.

Boosted features include:

Secure encrypted database using AES 256
Dropbox sync supported, so yous can fill-in to the cloud and restore the password database from Dropbox equally well every bit synced with any number of phones via Dropbox
Passwords available on PC or on the spider web. This works if you lot upload an Excel version (XML) of the password database to Dropbox, so that it will be available on PC or if you accept a browser with internet connexion
Passwords can be created in Excel and then synced with the telephone app via Dropbox, so that information technology would exist like shooting fish in a barrel to load all your data to the phone
Local phone countersign database back up and restore functionality
Security features include timeout and unsuccessful login attempts which can be configured in settings

Registration is required for the drop box access which will be used to sync your password database with your computer. You can also email your passwords/information in plain text that tin can be saved with an .xml extension that can be opened in Excel.

Password Manager Settings

Settings cover your Master Password, app time-out (which volition require re-entry of your Chief Password), how many log-in attempts before the app locks, and your Dropbox settings.

In giving Password Director a examination drive, I found it to be a stable application with no bugs, glitches or crashes experienced. Entry is simple and if you miss a step, pop-up errors will help guide y'all through the process. If y'all accept a large number of passwords, business relationship numbers, serial numbers, or other information you need to keep track of, Password Manager is a very adept option.

In that location are two versions of Password Manager available in the Market place. A costless, advertizing supported version which can be found here (opens Zune) and a paid, advertising-gratis version ($.99) that tin can be found here. The free version has the aforementioned functionality as the paid but has the ad banners on the screen.