Handy Password Manager integrates seamlessly into your web browser and saves your usernames and logins, financial information and general data with ease. Another option is to manually enter all your information into the database located in the application window that can be launched from your desktop. This password management software integrates with your web browser as a toolbar, making it readily available when you’re surfing the web and need to enter your login information.
All of your user information can be accessed through the toolbar, or you can open the application from your desktop and edit information directly in the application window. You can also save new login information directly from the toolbar. All you have to do is click the “save” button before you sign in to a new account and Handy Password will store the information for next time you visit the site. This password manager can be saved to and launched from a USB device.
If you are familiar with the Windows file system, you’ll find this application simple to use. We do suggest going through the help manual if you would like to learn to use the more advanced features.
NovoSoft suggests beginning by building a database of your commonly used login information, but if you find that task a bit overwhelming you can skip that step and go straight to surfing the internet. When you come to a website that requires you to log in, Handy Password will ask you if you would like to save the information. If you say yes, you can begin to build your database bit by bit rather than all at once.
You may have to tweak some settings in the application to get everything to work the way you want it to, especially when using advanced features like auto-submit.
This password management software allows the user to choose to have passwords hidden or visible while in the card viewer. All the data stored by this software is encrypted, and it gives you the option to print your saved information to ensure that you’ll have records even if your machine crashes. Keep these records under lock and key, though.
Connecting to live support for this password management software is difficult because the company is located in Russia. They do provide a telephone number on their website, but it’s not toll free and could end up being expensive. If you are a Skype user, they do offer a Skype number for customer support. You can also send them an email, but the turnaround time was not ideal. We’d like to point out that although it took several days for Handy Password to respond to our emails this is still far better than half the password management programs we reviewed. Many programs listed farther down the rankings either ignored us completely or didn’t have working email addresses.
For support that doesn’t require speaking with an actual person, there are a lot of options available on their website, including a limited FAQs page, a user guide, password management articles and a “getting started” program.
Overall, Handy Password Manager is an efficient and easy-to-use password management software application. Since it functions as both a database manager and toolbar within an internet browser, it provides the user with an easy way to save sensitive information. Its major failing is inadequate customer support.
