Topic: Tired of passwords-any tips for keeping things organized?
GretaM
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Hi all, I don't know about you, but I am getting real tired of passwords for dang near everything.
My memory is so bad, I often forget passwords that I have been using for years.
Now almost everything online requires a password, and I just can't remember them. And I write them down on scraps of paper, because I can't remember where my notebooks are, and of course the scraps of paper get misplaced... argh.
Memory loss is my biggest pet peeve from lyme and co.
How do you guys keep track of your things?
I hang my keys and purse on the back of the front door now. Has saved me from being late for work almost every day.
Any suggestions or tips you use to help you remember where things are?
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I still have a telephone book--small spiral that contains phone numbers. At the front there are several pages that I write my passwords in and what site. I don't do this faithfully, but enough times that is saves me. A bit old-fashioned, but it helps to remember stuff.
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GretaM
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Thanks, Otter
I always say to myself, "Don't worry, this is an easy one, you'll remember." and then I promptly forget.
I'll pick up a spiral notebook tomorrow. That's a great tip, thanks.
(If I try to find the notebooks in my house...well...it will never happen. I moved in the middle of my worst neuro flare-still can't find anything...)
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sammy
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I have one old notebook by the computer with all my passwords in it. That is my "brain". If I lose it I'd be in trouble! I only remember a few!
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GretaM
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Glad to read I'm not the only one who keeps forgetting!
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Greta .. get a small address book so that it's all in alphabetical order. That way you won't have to search thru pages and pages of a notebook.
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Razzle
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There is software you can get that can log in for you. You put in the website and the password and it keeps track of it for you. Norton Internet Security comes with this capability, but there are others as well.
Put "password management software" in a search engine and see what you can find...
-------------------- -Razzle Lyme IgM IGeneX Pos. 18+++, 23-25+, 30++, 31+, 34++, 39 IND, 83-93 IND; IgG IGeneX Neg. 30+, 39 IND; Mayo/CDC Pos. IgM 23+, 39+; IgG Mayo/CDC Neg. band 41+; Bart. (clinical dx; Fry Labs neg. for all coinfections), sx >30 yrs. Posts: 4166 | From WA | Registered: Feb 2011
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I have a Blackberry phone - it has a password keeper program on it. It's a lifesaver!!!
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Firefox keeps most of them for me, but I'm not always at MY computer.
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GretaM
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Oh that is good stuff! I didn't realize that there were programs like that out there! That would be very handy! Posts: 4358 | From British Columbia, Canada | Registered: Jun 2013
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