March 5, 2009
People on the internet are dicks.
So, in order to upgrade my computer (which is happening Friday. Wish me luck.) I have to save and backup all my shit, and so on and so forth. Makes sense.
One of the things I have to back up is my password vault.
See, back in the day, someone got one of my passwords to Mama’s sites, so I had to change it. I then realized that was my password like everywhere, so I went and changed everything then, to make it safer. But I realized I needed something to store all these passwords safely, so I looked around on the internet for awhile, and ended up with this program, called Password Vault. It worked well! I put all my passwords in there. It was nice, and it had served me for quite some time.
Fast-forward to now, I need to have a copy of this program so I can put it on my newly built compy and still access my passwords. I go and look for it, and find it over at this site. I realize it’s upgraded, and it’s talking about new features. I don’t see the old program anywhere, so I’m like “Okay, I’ll test it.” I download it, and run it. It updates my install.
Then I go to run it, and it says “Oh, input your key.” I go “No thanks, I’m using this the free way like I have been for a long while.” Then it says it needs to update my password vault. Alright. I make a backup and let it go to town. Then it says, for the trial, I can only save 10 passwords, and all the passwords over that will be lost.
What the fuck.
Well, obviously I don’t want to do this… but then it hits me. I just updated the program. I don’t have the old version anymore.
I frantically search online for the old version. Brer and Val both try to help me. We try just about everything we can think of.
Nothing.
My passwords are gone.
Unless I pay this asshole 15 dollars, of course.
I sent the man an angry e-mail, but I doubt anything will come of it. I’m never using his fucking program again, that’s for damn sure. I’m just screwed.
Bleh.
Sorry to hear. :/
Being a keeper of…many dozens of passwords and CD keys myself, I use Microsoft OneNote (which Cris will hate with a fiery passion) and password protect both pages (passwords and CD keys). On top of that, I always keep the file in one place, make it one of my most accessed files in general (keep all my ideas, since it’s a notebook, etc.) to keep it updated as well as checked on.
Comment by ManaTree — March 5, 2009 @ 3:54 am