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  Getting Started
  Login and Logout
  Managing Keys And Certificates
  Working With Certificate Authorities (CAs)
  Exchanging Certificates/Public Keys
  Signing and Encrypting Your Files and Folders
  Signing and Encrypting Your Emails
  Countersignatures
  Working With Archives
  Managing Your Online Account
  Using the Personal Information Editor
  Wiping Files and Cleaning Disk Free Space
  Other Microsoft Outlook Support
  Using Security Tokens
  Changing Options
  Changing Pass Phrase
 

Managing Online Account Passwords

Every one knows that it is very important to use strong passwords to protect your online accounts. However strong passwords are usually difficulty to remember. It is even more difficulty if you have multiple online accounts and use different password for each account.

Therefore many people end up using simple passwords or even use one password for all accounts. This is of course not a good practice.

iSafeguard™ Password Manager manages the passwords of your online accounts and fills web forms for you. You can use very complex passwords without having to memorize them. No more weak passwords! Much better security!

How It Works

Here is how iSafeguard™ Password Manager works (assuming you are logged in):

  • The first time you login to your online account iSafeguard™ captures your login information, encrypts it and saves it in your iSafeguard™ profile.
  • Next time you visit that web site iSafeguard™ prompts you available logins for the web site and allows you to pick a login. Once you click Fill Form button iSafeguard™ fills the form for you.
  • When you change the account's password iSafeguard™ will try to help you too. iSafeguard™ will help you fill the old password and select new password with the help of iSafeguard™ password generator. After password change iSafeguard™ will update the login entry with the new password you have selected.

Displaying iSafeguard™ Fill Form Window

If the iSafeguard™ fill form window does not show automatically when you visit a web site that hosts your account you may use the focus window feature, hotkey or Internet Explorer context menu to bring up the window.

To use the focus window feature:

  1. Login if you are not currently logged in
  2. Click your mouse button inside Internet Explorer window so it gets input focus
  3. Locate the golden lock icon on the taskbar
  4. Right click your mouse button on the lock icon
  5. Select Focus Window and then Fill Form from the menu

To use hotkey:

  1. Login if you are not currently logged in
  2. Click your mouse button inside Internet Explorer window so it gets input focus
  3. Press the hotkey combination (the default hotkey is Ctrl+Shift+F)

To use Internet Explorer context menu:

  1. Login if you are not currently logged in
  2. Right click your mouse button inside Internet Explorer window
  3. Select iSafeguard and then Fill Form from the context menu

Note: To use iSafeguard™ Password Manager you must check Enable third-party browser extensions in your Internet Explorer. To do this:

  1. Launch Internet Explorer
  2. Select Internet Options from the Tools menu
  3. Click Advanced tab
  4. Check Enable third-party browser extensions under Browsing section

Using iSafeguard™ Password Manager

You may also use the Password Manager directly to launch Internet Explorer and fill forms. In most cases you don't need to edit a login entry. However you can use the Password Manager to edit login entries. The Password Manager even memorizes the last three passwords you used for each login entry just in case you need them.

To launch iSafeguard™ Password Manager:

  1. Login if you are not currently logged in
  2. Locate the golden lock icon on the taskbar and right click the moust button on the lock
  3. Select Password Manager from the menu

To fill a web form:

  1. Launch iSafeguard™ Password Manager
  2. Select an entry and then click Fill Form

A new instance of Internet Explorer is launched and the form is filled.

To edit a login entry:

  1. Launch iSafeguard™ Password Manager
  2. Select a login entry by clicking on it
  3. Click Edit button, the login entry editor shows
  4. To change Login Info values:
    1. Check Show clear text content
    2. Double clicking on the value you want to change
    3. Change the value and then press Enter
  5. Click OK to accept the changes or Cancel to abandon the changes

To delete a login entry:

  1. Launch iSafeguard™ Password Manager
  2. Select an entry and then click Delete
  3. Click Yes to confirm deletion

To find previously used passwords:

  1. Launch iSafeguard™ Password Manager
  2. Right click your mouse button on a login entry
  3. Select Used Passwords from the popup menu
  4. Check Show clear text passwords to find the previously used passwords

Typical Scenarios

To login an online account:

  1. Login if you are not currently logged in
  2. Visit the web site that hosts your account. iSafeguard™ Fill Form window shows. If it does not show use one of the methods described in Displaying iSafeguard™ Fill Form Window to make it visible.
  3. Select a login entry from the list of available login entries
  4. Check Fill Form to fill the web form

To change the password of an online account:

  1. Login if you are not currently logged in
  2. Visit the web site that hosts your account and then login.
  3. Click relative link to change your password. iSafeguard™ Fill Form window shows. If it does not show use one of the methods described in Displaying iSafeguard™ Fill Form Window to make it visible.
  4. Select the existing values that matches the login and select new password
  5. Click Fill Form to fill the web form

Note: Depend on the web form the web site presents you may see one of two possible fill form windows. If you see a generic fill form window make sure the values you select matches the web form the web site presents to you.


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