Tips for creating strong passwords on Windows 7 (and Vista)

Passwords are secret string of characters that help ensure unauthorized users do not access the computer. It is being use to log on to a computer system and access programs, documents, and other resources. This is being use widely on websites, and computers running in any operating system.

It can be made up of letters, numbers, especial symbols, and spaces.

Tips for creating a secure password

• Is at least eight characters long
• Does not contain your family name, user name, company name or any words relating to you
• Does not contain a complete word
• different from previous passwords

Contains characters from each of the following four categories:

Uppercase letters   A, B, C
Lowercase letters   a, b, c
Numbers               0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Symbols found on the keyboard 
\ - +  ~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ = { } [ ] | : ; " ' < > , . ? / `

Create an easy-to-remember piece of information that can be use as a password that combines all the categories. Relate your password to a favorite hobby, foods or words. 

Lower Case
facebook 
f@c3800k

Upper Case
regdevelop
r3gd3v3l0p

Alternating Case
yesterday
Y3$73rD@y

There is a Web Application that I’ve made that easily change the words like the above example.

Try here: http://windowsforus.com/passwordgenerator/easy/

If you feel you must write down your password in order to remember the character combination, make sure you don't label it as your “secret” password, and keep it in a safe place. This time a random password generator is recommended.

Try here: http://windowsforus.com/passwordgenerator/Random/

Some people create an acronym from an easy-to-remember information of your personal information. For example, a phrase that is meaningful to you and its impossible for you to forget, such as My brothers birthday is 6 August, 1974. Using that phrase as your guide, you might use Mbbi6/Aug,74 for your password.

If your a kind of person that doesn’t wants to memorize complicated passwords and you want the plain and readable ones. This time, an encrypted password generator is recommended.

Encrypted password generator creates a balance between the unrecognizable secure passwords and easy-to-remember password ones.

From a very simple word like “hello” into a strong and encrypted words.

Try here: http://windowsforus.com/PasswordGenerator/encryptdecrypt/

1. Use the tool to generate the secure password and memorize your suggested word only.

2. Before login to your online bank, mail, facebook, myspace, friendster or any social networking website, go to the Windows For Us Encrypted password Generator and use the tool to create your encrypted password.

You don't need to memorize the secure password because you can go back to the website and generate the secure password again then afterwards, use that for login.

Hope this helps!