Password Corral - v4.0.6 - Release notes - 1/4/2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Password Corral is a program to organize all your network and system passwords in one, secure place. PC uses Blowfish or Diamond2 encryption to protect your information. Never forget a password again! This program is freeware and available at no cost to anyone. Note that Password Corral IS NOT public domain software. See the legal section for information and restrictions on it's distribution. Though Password Corral is freeware, donations are encouraged. You can use the PayPal on-line service to send a donation. Go to: http://www.cygnusproductions.com/donation.html Installation: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE TO USERS OF OLDER VERSIONS: If you are using v3.x of Password Corral, you should NOT uninstall it first before installing this version. Password Corral v4.0 will not automatically find your old password data since this new version stores information in the file system instead of the Windows registry. Instead, install this version to a new directory and use the Migrate feature located under the Help menu to migrate your data to this new version. Alternately, you can import your old data using a Password Corral export file. In any case, you should create an export file of your Password Corral v3.0 data before using this new version. To install Password Corral, download and run the PC.EXE setup file. If you're using the "No Setup" version of Password Corral, simply unzip the files to the directory of your choice and run PASSWORD4.EXE. Uninstallation: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To uninstall Password Corral, go to the Control Panel and select 'Add/Remove Programs'. From the resulting dialog box select Password Corral and click the 'Add/Remove...' button. The software will automatically be removed from your system. If you're using the "No Setup" version of Password Corral, simply delete the directory you extracted the program files to. Description of features: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Single Repository for Passwords: Now you can have a single place to store all your passwords. Use a single password that you choose to encrypt all the passwords you use. Never forget one again! * Blowfish and Diamond2 Encryption: 256-bit Blowfish or 128-bit Diamond2 encryption stands between you and those unscrupulous persons with prying eyes. Unless they know your master password, they can't see your data. * Password Information: Passwords are kept in custom groups that you create, and can be nested within each other. Each password you store in Password Corral can also have a description, username, comments, URL and e-mail address, all encrypted just like your password information. No more forgetting which password went with which system. This information can be sorted as you like and printed as well. * Password Generator Passwords Corral includes a random password generator that allows you to quickly create a random password of up to 20 characters of numbers, letters or special charaters. The generator is configurable and allows you to choose how to generate the password. * Password Expiration Any password can be set to expire after a given number of days. Password Corral will then issue a warning when a password has expired and allow you to change it at that time. This will help remind you to change your passwords for better security. * Multiple Users on the Same PC Any user of your PC can create a new Password Corral account. The program keeps track of individual users and their data. Everyone's information is protected with their own, individual password and encrypted. Note: Password Corral does not support simultanious use of a single user account by multiple users. * Password Protect Program Features You can lock Password Corral and require entry of your master password before once again using the program. This allows you to keep Password Corral running all the time and still protect your data while you are away from your PC. You can set Password Corral to time out to the system tray after a period of time of system inactivity and protect it there with your master password. * Hyperlinks in the Comments Field Any HTTP, FTP or WWW links you place in the comments field for your passwords automatically become hyperlinks, and clicking on them will start the default web browser and take you to that site. Hyperlinks in the URL column can also be clicked. * Printing: You can print the currently selected password, all passwords in the selected group, or your entire password list. * Flexible Display Options: You can choose to display information encrypted or in plain text on screen, choose your own font for the password list and comments field and select a custom color for hyperlinks. * Import/Export Passwords Password Corral can export your password list to a text file easily! Copy the file to any other PC that has Password Corral, create a new user account for yourself and then import the passwords. Your passwords will now be available on the new PC. The text file also makes a handy backup in case of disaster. Import options are flexible and allow you to merge your existing password list with a different set of passwords from an export file. An auto-export feature allows you to create a backup password file each time you exit the program. And as you'd expect, the export text file is encrypted as well. * Full On-line help: Password Corral comes with complete, context sensitive on-line help. Just press 'F1' in any dialog box for specific information. * Clean, Easy-to-use, Attractive Interface Password Corral's interface uses the same Windows features you're already used to. No wild icons, sloppy window layouts, unnecessary buttons or toolbars; just a clean interface that makes sense, is easy to use and adheres to standard Windows guidelines. Known problems in this release: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * If your system is using "large size" fonts (120DPI) some of the dialog boxes may not appear correctly. We are aware of this and are working on a solution. * On-line help is not functional under Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8. Contacting Cygnus Productions: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feel free to tell us what you think about this program. The vast majority of new features added with each release come from your suggestions. Or if you find a bug, please report it. Here's how to contact us: On the Web: http://www.cygnusproductions.com/report.asp (preferred method) E-mail: support@cygnusproductions.com Legal Goodies: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Password Corral is Copyright ©1997-2015, Cygnus Productions. All Rights Reserved. The Cygnus Productions 'Swan' logo is a trademark of Cygnus Productions. Cygnus Productions retains all rights over all aspects of the Password Corral program. Password Corral is being released as Freeware. It may be used by individuals or companies at no cost as long as the software remains unmodified. Password Corral may be freely distributed by individual users and Internet-based shareware/freeware web distribution sites (disk vendors or other disc-based shareware/freeware distributors, see below). Modification to the software, or any files included with it, without the written permission of Cygnus Productions is strictly prohibited. Password Corral is NOT public domain software. It may not be resold for profit, or included in or with any other software without the written permission of Cygnus Productions. The program code may not be decompiled, reverse engineered or reused for any reason. Disk vendors or other disc-based shareware/freeware distributors may include Password Corral in their compilations as long as the compilation is free. Anyone wishing to distribute Password Corral for profit must contact Cygnus Productions for applicable fees and written permission. Because this program is being released for free, Cygnus Productions cannot be held liable for any problems or damage this program may cause to your computer or the data stored in it. Use it at your own risk.