Hello, thankyou for this tool. I found it in the suggested add on extension's list on Firefox's site. I DL'd it months ago but was scared to use it. I am only three years old as far as my computer use goes and I am learning, but it is slow.
PWM does have a learning curve, but it is well worth it. The good news is, as long as you are willing to spend a few hours, you shouldn't have any trouble mastering it fairly quickly...
I went ahead and jumped to a bunch of my lower security sites, selected change password, and then jumped around in the PWM changing the algorithm's and the character sets. I didn't create any accounts, just kept it on default and now it's not working.
Wow - big mistake...
You probably already figured this out, but for the benefit of any new people reading this...
By using the Defaults, and changing them for each site, you put yourself into the predicament of having to be able to remember the changes you made for each site...
I did read the whole only text, everything, but I did not understand, until I read here, that each site must be it's own account. That is correct right?
Not at all...
Feel free to use the Defaults for any/all sites you want - but many people do use it only for non-critical sites.
Specific Accounts is best - but not necessary - for critical sites, like financial/banking sites, etc...
Creating a specific account for a site gives you a lot more flexibility - you can define a different character site (if that site doesn't allow certain characters that you normally use), change the settings (require more characters to make the password stronger, etc)...
If that is so, what is the default account useful for.
I use it for non-critical sites - website forums (like this one), etc...
And by the way, am I correct in assuming that I now have to go back to all of those sites and complete the whole "Lost your password?" process because I cannot remember the settings for each site?
Pretty much, yes...
It is highly recommended to take it slowly until you get used to it...
Change one password at a time... log in/out a few times, etc... then change another one...
Think about what you're doing - I bet if you had done this, you'd have realized by the second account, when changing the settings, 'hey, I'll have to change the settings back when I go to the first account' - and may still have been able to remember the changes you had made...
Also, for low level sites, like discussion boards, IMDB, etc. what would be the best default settings? In other words what is a good algorithm/character set to use?
Heh - the defaults are fine - but changing them just makes it more secure, because now you have made them *your* defaults, as opposed to the generic, first time install defaults.
Lastly, when I was trying to set new passwords, many sites did not allow me to. I just kept getting weird messages. Messages like incorrect password, even though my old password was correct and many more. What should I do when a site is not letting me set a password with PWM?
Sounds like your original/current password was being entered by PWM... which means, of course, it would be wrong.
I generally do not use the coolkey when changing passwords - I open PWM, and click on the 'Copy Generated Password to Clipboard' button, then manually paste it where it goes (twice is usually required).
Thanks, Sailinship
You're welcome, and welcome to the world of Passwordmaker... it really is awesome (thanks again Eric)!