At 02:00 AM 7/12/2012, listowners-request@rootsweb.com wrote: I suspect that there are multiple acceptable password schemes out there. This is the way I do it - My ISP provides Norton suite as part of the service. Part of that is a password management scheme. I have it set to require a master password and to do autofill. That is what I use for routine access to most of the online sites requiring passwords - such as FictionDB - Hulu - I suppose that I have close to 50 entries in that db. For all my financial online stuff I use a SourceForge freeware package named Password Safe. Those passwords I access from a USB stick that I do not keep online. Generally, I load it only when I am going to a bank or credit card site - Paypal, etc. I intend to remove the USB when I close the transactions for which I loaded it - sometimes I forget. For those occasions I have the app set to close the file in a few minutes of no use. That is not an ideal - but a fallback. A couple of caveats - have two USB sticks for the password files. I use one and back up to the other from time to time. Again probably not often enough - I do have the critical passwords in two separate locations though. Also, if you decide to give Password Safe a try, be sure that you get it from SourceForge. There are at least one, maybe more commercial applications out there that purport to do what PS does - for a ridiculous fee of course. I am a lot happier to from time to time contribute cash to the developers rather than pay the licensing fees. Finally, your online security is only as good as you use it. Security must be relatively easy to use or it does not happen - it should not be so easy that a diligent attempt to crack it will succeed. Be safe! Larry